Is a Franciscan secretly saying Mass at 10 Downing Street? Where’s the priest hide?

The Franciscan friar who helped convert the Tory MP Ann Widdecombe to Catholicism is now holding private Mass for the Prime Minister at Downing Street.

Tony Blair has been attending private Roman Catholic Mass with Father Michael Seed, prompting speculation that he plans to become a Catholic when he leaves office.

Father Michael, who is well known for converting establishment figures to Catholicism, was reported in The Sunday Times to have held services for the Blair family at Downing Street and at Chequers, the Prime Minister’s country residence.

Father Michael Seed helped convert the Conservative MP John Gummer to Catholicism and is a popular figure among London’s Catholic aristocracy.