Surprised so-n-so was Catholic

[Church_defender]

Stephen Colbert is not only Catholic (and a Sunday school teacher), but he sticks up for the Faith on his show, often surprisingly well. He’s quite sharp.

I guess the celeb who surprised me the most is Michael Moore. He is a former seminarian and still attends Mass regularly.

Both speak against Church teachings though, heavily.

So you’re basically saying that the police were lying and the recordings of him telling them all the $#!% the Jews stuff was made up? And you’re saying that the broken teeth and physical abuse his live-in girlfriend showed to the dentist was self-inflicted? And you’re saying his verbal abuse, death threats, and horrific vulgarity that was so sickeningly recorded on the telephone were faked and computer-generated? The fact that his wife of 25years divorced him for a myriad of reasons was also not real and Mel’s own self-admitted drunkenness, drug problems, abusive personality, and insanity were a dream?

The guy’s a wacko. Let’s face it. He needs our prayers bigtime. The fact that he made the Passion of the Christ shouldn’t get him a free pass with Catholics in a forum IMO.

His point on the Jews had some correct line of thought behind it, it was Mossad that kept saying Iraq had WMDs, let’s also not forget the times they’ve committed terrorism against the USA to get us to go to wars, or how they are pushing for a war against Iran and Syria(Syria is the best country in the middle east of Catholics, Bashar Al-Assad has God on his side, no doubt about it. The rebels are NATO backed, and they’ve been killing Christians non-stop). His statement, at least how I see it, was aimed at Israel. Even leftists agree with me here on Israel starting wars a lot, then having America come in to help. I’m just trying to give some clarity on the issue. He has some issues, but he’s shown to try to work on them, and he’s a very good man for that. I still love his movies, and I think he’s a great man personally despite his faults.

 

[Church_defender]

Israel is a nation of Jews(You have to be a Jew to be an Israeli by their law, the Palestinians are considered completely separate people), he was a bit drunk, but his point(at least as I seen it) was what I explained. Israel has been causing quite a bit of wars, and Church attacks are on a rise in Israel, and many of the Christians in Israel are leaving(while 1 million proddies go to pray for Israel, a nation the bible does not support existing at all right now. Proddies love Jews, even though Jews who have not come to the new covenant are not to be revered, as they are anti-Christ), many to other lands. He was speaking as a Catholic, and his words are easy to defend, but people in Hollywood still pushed him out. While I agree, it’s no the average Jewish person who’s behind it, the Israeli and Hollywood elite do like to start wars. He spoke rashfully, but the message was not at all invalid. I’m just trying to explain his side, simple as that.

 

[Church_defender]

You have to be a Jew to be an Israeli by ethnic law. You can’t even marry a Jew if you are a gentile in Israel. As for “proddies”, I see no issue with it They have attacked America to drag them into wars, it’s a fact, not everything against Israel is from the Protocols of Elders of Zion. I’m just talking about real events that really happened that aren’t from that book.
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[trapper1]

Both speak against Church teachings though, heavily.

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I’ve heard many argue the opposite about Colbert elsewhere on the board…that he is a faithful Catholic.

 

[Church_defender]

Muslims are also gentiles, so yes it does apply, and those people are Palestinians generally. They are not considered at all the same as Israelis, nor does Israel show any interest in stopped the Church attacks that have been happening in Israel recently. Israel is not a Catholic’s friend. Remember, a government official said if they were ever threatened and the West didn’t back them completely no matter the reason or cost, they would nuke Rome.

I’ve heard many argue the opposite about Colbert elsewhere on the board…that he is a faithful Catholic.

He’s pro-abortion.
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[trapper1]

(name removed by moderator);9894512:

Muslims are also gentiles, so yes it does apply, and those people are Palestinians generally. They are not considered at all the same as Israelis, nor does Israel show any interest in stopped the Church attacks that have been happening in Israel recently. Israel is not a Catholic’s friend. Remember, a government official said if they were ever threatened and the West didn’t back them completely no matter the reason or cost, they would nuke Rome.

He’s pro-abortion.

Re Colbert, that’s apparently unclear. Here’s an article regarding his faith:

huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/12/quiet-faith-behind-colber_n_760316.html

 

[Arizona_Mike]

The Beaver: Catholic.

He grew up with the world watching. In the 50′s and 60′s, Sioux City’s own Jerry Mathers was the kid other kids wanted to be like, and the child many parents felt they had.
Jerry Mathers had already filmed movies and worked with the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, but it was the popular 1957 sitcom about the everyday American Family, the Cleavers, where Mathers made a name for himself.

“It’s a wonderful show, it’s something that’s stood the test of time. Everyone can relate to it, and because it’s real life, everyone has had some of those experiences, and some poor people had most of them,” joked Mathers.

Mathers’ parents moved from Sioux City when he was about a year old. He came back twice to visit family.

“You know, I remember my grandmother’s house. She was a piano teacher. My grandfather was a postal carrier. So, he knew everybody,” said Mathers.

Mathers was back in his hometown this weekend. He attended Mass at Sacred Heart Church, and Sunday night, served as the keynote speaker for the Sioux City Catholic Diocese Bishop’s dinner. He spoke about his time on TV and his own Catholic education.

“Leave it to Beaver” has never been off the air, entertaining generation after generation for 55 years. Today, it is the longest running sitcom in American television history. Mathers still gets recognized everywhere he goes, usually, as the Beav, but not always.

“In Japan, I’m called “The Happy Boy.” They’d say ‘Happy Boy, oh you Happy Boy. I’m thinking, ‘ok, I’m a happy person, they must know me from the show,’ but I didn’t realize that they don’t have beavers, so it’s called “The Happy Boy and his family,” recounted Mathers.

He can truly say he’s done it all, radio, tv, movies and musicals. He was on Broadway a couple of years ago in Hairspray.

He graduated from Notre Dame High School and says his Catholic education has helped guide him over the years.

“It gives a child a different perspective than a public education, and one that I believe in,” said Mathers who also sent his three children to Catholic school
Mathers’ family lived in Morningside and he was baptized at Immaculate Conception. Today, he lends his name to many non-profit causes.

ktiv.com/story/19817234/jerry-mathers-returns-to-his-hometown-sioux-city-to-help-raise-money-for-catholic-education-beaver-cleaver-leave-it-to-beaver-sacred-heart-mass

 

[Arizona_Mike]

Okay, you may not be surprised that Jerry Mathers was a lifelong Catholic. Here’s someone you may not have known about: Andy Warhol.

Despite same-sex attraction and some personal habits and associates that many would not consider representative of the Catholic ideal, he remained celibate his whole life, died a virgin, and was a practicing Byzantine-rite Catholic. As this interesting and controversial article notes,

He deliberately concealed who he was to the public — famously answering questions with “uh, no” or “uh, yes” — and he certainly concealed the fact that he wore a cross on a chain around his neck, carried with him a missal and a rosary, and volunteered at the soup kitchen at the Church of Heavenly Rest in New York. He went to Mass — often to daily Mass — sitting at the back, unnoticed, awkwardly embarrassed lest anyone should see he crossed himself in “the Orthodox way” — from right shoulder to left instead of left to right. He financed his nephew’s studies for the priesthood, and — according to his eulogy — was responsible for at least one person’s conversion to the Catholic faith.

patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/10/andy-warhol-gay-and-catholic.html#more-2154

 

[Arizona_Mike]

Forgive me if this has already been brought up…

I’ve been watching CSI:NY for a while now, and the last 3 episodes have had subtle pro-catholic references: a character waking up from a coma while his girlfriend was praying the rosary, a line"it’d be easier to get an audience from the pope than to see you", and a story line involving St. Aiden.

I know Gary Sinese (star and producer) is Catholic.

I just watched Forrest Gump last night, and noticed that Gary Sinise’s character Lt. Dan appears to be wearing a rosary. I found this on IMDB.com:

“The necklace worn by Lt. Dan is a rosary with a Saint Christopher medal, inscribed “Protect Us In Combat”. It was worn in Vietnam by Gary Sinise’s brother-in-law, Jack Treese, in 1967-68.”

 

[Terry_Washingto]

Although his character Mac Taylor 's religion is never explicitly alluded to, I recall an episode of CSI: NY in which he is seen praying for his wife’s soul in a church(of unnamed denomination). Not only that according to his Wikipedia entry - “Gary Sinise”, www.wikipedia.org, he is not just a Catholic convert( like the present author) but reportedly holds conservative and Republican pro-life views( I am not as a rule a fan of the American -or British right- but as with “Everybody Loves Raymond” sitcom star Patricia Heaton, I must say I admire him for his willingness to make himself unpopular for something he really believes in, no small feat in an “pro-choice” heavily Democratic -since the days of FDR- Hollywood and TV. Heaton claims she she has lost parts she wanted because of her pro-life views and this does NOT sound an improbable claim to me, one assumes that Sinise has had similar experiences although he never to the best of my knowledge talked about ti).

Terry

 

[BroomWagon]

Springsteen, at least that’s his heritage, I once saw a picture of him wearing a chain and it looked like an assortment of miraculous medals were on it. I’ll save the remarks of “don’t agree with him often” … and just answer the question and I do like some of his music.

 

[trapper1]

Although his character Mac Taylor 's religion is never explicitly alluded to, I recall an episode of CSI: NY in which he is seen praying for his wife’s soul in a church(of unnamed denomination). Not only that according to his Wikipedia entry - “Gary Sinise”, www.wikipedia.org, he is not just a Catholic convert( like the present author) but reportedly holds conservative and Republican pro-life views( I am not as a rule a fan of the American -or British right- but as with “Everybody Loves Raymond” sitcom star Patricia Heaton, I must say I admire him for his willingness to make himself unpopular for something he really believes in, no small feat in an “pro-choice” heavily Democratic -since the days of FDR- Hollywood and TV. Heaton claims she she has lost parts she wanted because of her pro-life views and this does NOT sound an improbable claim to me, one assumes that Sinise has had similar experiences although he never to the best of my knowledge talked about ti).

Terry

I don’t think Sinese as as up front with it as Heaton, who is active in Feminists For Life and gets her views out there pretty frequently on twitter and in interviews. If you aren’t fairly public with your opinions, I doubt it would cost you with respect to roles.

 

[jediliz]

writer Dean Koontz. I was watching a repeat of The World over last night, while waiting for my show to start on ABC, and Raymond Arroyo was interviewing him. He’s a convert to the Faith.

 

[Crescentinus]

Alexander Fleming is a Catholic.

 

[PartoftheBody]

One of my favorite authors, Mary Higgins Clark, is a devout Catholic who credits daily Mass as one of the ways she coped with the untimely death of her first husband. She often describes her characters going to Mass in her novels.

I know Kelly Ripa was mentioned on this thread before. Around 2003, I read an interview in People (or a similar magazine) where she described how she and her husband view their marriage as a sacrament when asked how she keeps her marriage strong.

 

[Arizona_Mike]

Squanto!

Something I just learned today - Squanto, the amazing, far-travelling, accomplished, Patuxet Native American who helped negotiate peace between numerous players in early America - was a Roman Catholic.

Squanto was abducted from his homeland by the villainous pilgrim Captain Thomas Hunt, who lured Squanto and 20 of his fellow tribesmen onto Hunt’s ship under the pretext of discussing the beaver pelt trade, and instead took them back to Europe to sell as slaves (much to the displeasure of Squanto’s friend, Captain John Smith, who was unaware of the plot, and the Nauset and Patuxet tribes, who took out their rage on a French ship.)

Hunt sold several of the tribesmen as slaves in Europe, but Franciscan friars in Spain gained custody of the remaining tribesmen, freed them, and baptized them as Catholics. (*Go, Franciscans!) *Squanto then travelled on his own to England, mastered their language, and began a series of other adventures, often involving bringing peoples in conflict together, translating and acting as a mediator, and teaching survival skills to the pilgrims after his return to America.

Read more about this amazing man: nationalreview.com/articles/333812/squanto-worldly-indian-who-dazzled-pilgrims-deroy-murdock

 

[SeekerDude]

Have you come across any celebrities, politicians, musicians, who where Catholic, and it surprised you?

I don’t mean merely as a bad example (such as the alcoholic, drug abusing, sexual promiscuous musician).

And I don’t mean people who were raised Catholic but left the faith purposely.

For example, I just read in the Our Sunday Visitor that Stephen Colbert is Catholic. Not sure why that surprises me. It just does.

Another example, (although not Roman Catholic): Tom Hanks is Greek Orthodox.

I saw the movie “Bella” before I knew the main actor’s history, and it didn’t surprise me that he was Catholic.

I always respected Tony Snow, both when he was on Fox News and in the White House. Found out he was Catholic after reading his obituary.

Chris Cornell of Soundgarden.

LeVar Burton.

 

[SeekerDude]

Actually, not only is LeVar Burton Catholic, he was apparently going to enter the priesthood at one point.

 

[farpinho]

Oh another one! Katie McGrath the Morgana in the BBC’s Merlin Series, she’s also catholic

 

[Sarabande]

Actually, not only is LeVar Burton Catholic, he was apparently going to enter the priesthood at one point.

LeVar Burton from “Reading Rainbow”? I loved that show as a kid. Kind of neat that he is also a Catholic.