Could it be that Mr Castro had a Damascene conversion when he recently met the pope in Rome?

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This year marked the end of my Damascene conversion.

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Sitting in Santa Fe's remarkably informal Roundhouse, as the state capitol is nicknamed in homage to old Navajo hogans, she describes her conversion to Republicanism as a Damascene moment.

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