Category Archives: cryptocatholics

Stephen Colbert, again

According to Wikipedia, Stephen Colbert is “a practicing Roman Catholic, as well as a Sunday school teacher.” Whispers in the Loggia writes that he “is said to be quite devout in his practice of the faith, kids in Catholic school, … Continue reading

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Ricardo Montalbán

Ricardo Montalbán died on January 14, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 88.  He was a devoted Catholic and once said that his faith was the “most important thing” in his life. In 1998, Pope John Paul … Continue reading

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Anne Rice

Anne Rice has been a cryptocatholic for the past six years. With the release of her new novel, _Christ the King_, yesterday and the accompanying press that she’s doing for it she has effectively come out of the closet globally, … Continue reading

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Christopher Hewett

Christopher Hewett, best known as “Mr. Belvedere”, was a “very active” deacon at St. Victor’s Catholic Church in West Hollywood. He was described by many as a devout Roman Catholic.

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Justice Clarence Thomas

This article contains the interesting tidbit that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas “grew up attending Catholic school and joined the Catholic Church in second grade, [then after a stint as an evangelical] began attending Mass again a few years ago.”

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Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert is a practicing Catholic. He was raised Catholic and comes from a family of 11 kids. Colbert is either a cryptocatholic or another in a long line of Hollywood “Catholics” for whom their faith plays no real role … Continue reading

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“Boston” Rob Mariano

“Boston” Rob Mariano, of reality show fame (Survivor, Survivor All-Stars, Amazing Race), removed a St. Anthony medallion from beneath his shirt and kissed it, praying audibly to him, in the season finale of Amazing Race 7. (He and his fiancee … Continue reading

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Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman was raised Catholic. Since her split from Tom Cruise, a renowned Scientologist, she has been more open about her continued Catholic faith. It is suspected by some that her reawakened devotion to Catholicism — and desire to raise … Continue reading

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