Actor Shia LaBeouf announces conversion to Catholicism following role as priest
LaBeouf was already baptized by his uncle but was unaware of the completed ordinance when he accepted the role of the titular character in Abel Ferrara's Padre Pio. While he admitted he took on the role to save his acting career in an interview with Bishop Robert Barron, the actor was so moved by the research that went into the role of Padre Pio, born Francesco Forgione, that he became a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
"It was seeing other people who have sinned beyond anything I could ever conceptualize also being found in Christ that made me feel like, 'Oh, that gives me hope,'" LaBeouf said."I started hearing experiences of other depraved people who had found their way in this, and it made me feel like I had permission."
"The most high-profile Catholic conversion of the year was nourished by a form of the Mass that the bishops, on the orders of the pontiff, are doing their very best to stamp out," reporter Adam Shaw tweeted in response to the reports of LaBeouf's conversion story.
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