{"id":2236471,"date":"2024-05-03T12:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T16:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-in-hollywood-5-celebrities-who-are-openly-catholic\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T12:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T16:58:15","slug":"faith-in-hollywood-5-celebrities-who-are-openly-catholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-in-hollywood-5-celebrities-who-are-openly-catholic\/","title":{"rendered":"Belief in Hollywood: 5 Celebs Embracing Catholicism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffaith-in-hollywood-5-celebrities-who-are-openly-catholic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2236471&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text\u200b discusses \u200chow some Hollywood stars\u2064 openly\u200c embrace their \u2063Catholic faith despite the industry&#8217;s \u200bpreference \u2062for other \u200bspiritual practices. Mark Wahlberg, \u2062Gary Sinise, Jim Caviezel, and Patricia \u200bHeaton are highlighted for\u2063 their devout Catholicism, emphasizing how their beliefs influence their\u200d careers and public personas. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyre-coming-for-your-favorite-podcasts\/\" title=\"They\u2019re Coming For Your Favorite Podcasts\">article sheds light<\/a> on Catholicism in Hollywood, showcasing stars\u200c like Mark Wahlberg, Gary Sinise,\u200c Jim Caviezel, and Patricia \u200dHeaton who \u200cboldly express \u2062their faith. Their unwavering\u2063 devotion stands out in an industry\u200d where\u2064 alternative spiritual beliefs are prevalent, \u200dunderscoring the impact of \u2062their Catholic values on both their professional\u200b lives \u200dand public images.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Everyone knows that the most commonly practiced religion in Hollywood is the worship of self, even if most celebrities won\u2019t admit it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are also plenty of stars who dabble in New Age practices, who call themselves \u201cspiritual but not religious,\u201d and a solid number of famous people who follow Eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And while lukewarm \u201cChristians\u201d are prevalent enough in Tinseltown, when it comes to being a Hollywood A-lister, it\u2019s very unlikely that any will admit to being a full-fledged, church-going, sacrament practicing Catholic. It could be that the celebrity lifestyle doesn\u2019t align with Catholicism. Or, perhaps there\u2019s an invisible barrier preventing Catholics from reaching A-list status. More likely it\u2019s a combination of both.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, there are a handful of Catholic celebrities who wear their faith loudly and proudly. It may mean that they\u2019re shunned by their peers, but despite that, these famous players have decided that their religion means more than fitting in.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Mark Wahlberg<\/b><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_732461\" style=\"width: 796px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-732461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Perez\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many millennials think of Wahlberg by his former stage name, Marky Mark. Wahlberg has collected plenty of impressive Hollywood accolades including a BAFTA Award, nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, nine Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Besides just achieving success on the screen, the 52-year-old father of four is also a devout Catholic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI attribute everything good and everything positive in life to my faith,\u201d Wahlberg said during a 2023 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mark-wahlberg-says-once-he-started-putting-my-faith-and-focus-on-god-good-things-happened-to-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cAs soon as I started putting my faith and focus on God, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-wahlberg-says-once-he-started-putting-my-faith-and-focus-on-god-good-things-happened-to-him\/\" title=\"Mark Wahlberg credits his success to his faith in God.\">good things started happening<\/a> for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd even when they didn\u2019t, [faith] gives you the coping skills to deal with things that are inevitable, like loss and failure and those things,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut, you know, again, my faith and my family, those are the most important aspects of my life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2022, Wahlberg appeared in \u201cFather Stu,\u201d a movie based on the true story of a boxer who became a Catholic priest. The actor said it was \u201chis calling\u201d and \u201cmission\u201d to get the movie made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The meditation app Hallow, the most downloaded and used Catholic app in the world, launched a partnership with the actor in 2022 as he was promoting the movie. At the time, Wahlberg urged his 18 million social media followers to pray the rosary with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou got to stay prayed up. God bless you,\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stay-prayed-up-mark-wahlberg-urges-his-18-million-followers-to-say-the-rosary-with-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Gary Sinise<\/b><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_732463\" style=\"width: 382px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-732463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Tullberg\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, Lieutenant Dan from \u201cForrest Gump\u201d is also a practicing Catholic in addition to promoting causes that help veterans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said he\u2019s found success despite being openly conservative in Hollywood. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve had a blessed career in the movie and television and theater business,\u201d Sinise <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gary-sinise-talks-about-being-a-conservative-in-hollywood-and-how-it-affected-his-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in January 2023. \u201cI\u2019ve done amazing things, I\u2019ve worked with amazing people, and it really played a major role, if not the key element, in what I\u2019m doing today on the service side.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sinise discussed his journey to becoming Catholic in 20109. He said he was led to the church by his wife, Moira Harris, who converted herself after being cast in a play. The actor said he surprised his family by choosing to join the church about a decade after his wife. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI surprised my family. I\u2019d gone through the confirmation classes and whatnot myself behind everybody\u2019s back and I didn\u2019t tell anybody that I was doing it,\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/church-in-the-usa\/2019\/02\/actor-gary-sinise-describes-his-road-to-the-catholic-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Catholic News Service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOn Christmas Eve 2010 I told the family I was taking them to dinner at Morton\u2019s Steakhouse and have Christmas Eve dinner,\u201d Sinise continued. \u201cAnd on the way there, I pulled into the church, and everybody asked, \u2018What are we doing here?\u2019 I said come on in. We walked into the church. The priest was there, and he confirmed me. It was beautiful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Jim Caviezel<\/b><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_584027\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-584027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Rogers Photography\/Getty Images for SXSW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The actor who portrayed Jesus in Mel Gibson\u2019s massively popular drama, \u201cThe Passion of the Christ\u201d (2004) is himself a Catholic. The 55-year-old actor credits his entire career to saying a daily rosary. He also credits his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary with helping him be cast in \u201cThe Thin Red Line\u201d (1998), which was the starting point of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While filming \u201cThe Passion,\u201d Caviezel is said to have experienced a dislocated shoulder, pneumonia, and hypothermia, among other ailments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen I was up there on the Cross, I learned that in His suffering was our redemption. Remember the servant is no greater than the master,\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aleteia.org\/2019\/03\/20\/jim-caviezel-gave-what-may-be-the-greatest-catholic-address-of-the-21st-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  while addressing a roomful of college students. \u201cEach of us must carry our own cross. There is a price for our faith, for our freedoms. I have been literally scourged, hit by the whips, crucified, struck by lightning, yes, open heart surgery \u2014 that\u2019s what happens after five and a half months of hypothermia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He spoke about his faith similarly in 2018. \u201cI never thought that being a Christian would be an easy road, but that my heart, even on a cross in the freezing cold, nothing could stop my burning heart from loving Jesus. It\u2019s important. And I took it as an actor because I want people to see why I am proud to be a Christian,\u201d Caviezel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/relevantradio.com\/2018\/03\/jim-caviezel-catholic-hollywood-love-greater-motivator-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Patricia Heaton<\/b><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_732467\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-732467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leigh Vogel\/Getty Images for Concordia Summit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Actress Patricia Heaton is another mainstream actress who was cast on a hit sitcom despite being conservative, and Catholic to boot. She discussed growing up in a devout family during an interview in 2022 after meeting Pope Francis at the VITAE Summit in the Vatican.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy sister is a Dominican nun,\u201d she <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2022-09\/actors-reflect-on-pope-francis-call-to-promote-common-good-vitae1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  at the time. \u201cMy grandparents met Pope John Paul I. My mom was one of 15 children. I have some 100 first cousins on my mom\u2019s side. So, we\u2019re a very Catholic family. Meeting the Pope is such an incredible honor that I never thought I would have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unlike some of her peers, Heaton said she hasn\u2019t been ostracized for her faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs much as people want to paint Hollywood as a sort of anti-religious place, I have found that going into work, we\u2019re all there to do a job,\u201d Heaton said during the same conversation. \u201cWe\u2019re all there to be professional. We all respect each other. We share opinions, different opinions. And because we love each other and we have a common goal of creating something wonderful for people to enjoy, the differences in our religion or politics or whatever, in my experience on a set, have not been a problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Besides sharing bible quotes with her followers, Heaton also openly discusses how she\u2019s pro-life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t understand why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-already-licking-their-chops-at-getting-taxpayers-to-pay-for-abortions-amid-potential-biden-admin\/\" title=\"Activists Already Licking Their Chops at Getting Taxpayers To Pay for Abortions Amid Potential Biden Admin\">pro-life people<\/a> want to know if they are \u2018welcome\u2019 to join the democrat party,\u201d the actress <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatriciaHeaton\/status\/1227643710646566914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shared<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on X in February 2020. \u201cWhy would any civilized person want to support a barbaric platform that champions abortion for any reason through all nine months funded by taxpayers?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Shia LaBeouf<\/b><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_432144\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-432144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images for HFA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the newest Catholic converts in the Hollywood community is actor Shia LaBeouf, best known for getting his start on the Disney series \u201cEven Stevens\u201d and later moving into film roles, including the \u201cTransformers\u201d franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now the celeb is a practicing Catholic as well after receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on New Year\u2019s Eve 2023. And he may go even further than that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His sponsor told Catholic News Agency that the 37-year-old star is also considering becoming a deacon in the future. LaBoeuf credited being cast in the film \u201cPadre Pio\u201d (2022) with influencing his decision to convert after going through turmoil and scandals, as The Daily Wire previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/shia-labeoufs-conversion-to-catholicism-becomes-official-confirmation-sponsor-says-he-may-take-it-further\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LaBeouf said he was \u201cnever an atheist,\u201d but was previously agnostic. The actor further explained how the role in \u201cPio\u201d saved his life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Hollywood, self-worship reigns supreme among celebrities, but some embrace New Age spirituality or identify as &#8220;spiritual but not religious.&#8221; Others follow Eastern traditions like Hinduism, offering a diverse religious landscape in the entertainment industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2236472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2003553617.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2003553617.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2236472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}