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 their children in the Church — may have played a large part in the split.
After the death of Stanley Kubrick, with whom Kidman and Cruise were working on the film Eyes Wide Shut and who had become a father figure to her, Cruise said in interviews that she took the death very hard. In I Like Being Catholic: Treasured Traditions, Rituals, and Stories (New York: Doubleday, 2000) she is quoted (page 103):
“I really don’t discuss religion or my beliefs. But when Stanley (Kubrick) died, I had an extraordinary night. I actually went out alone to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and spent an hour and a half in the church. It was candlelit, the wind was whipping around that night, and I left at nine, when they close the doors. I thought as I came onto the street: Well, I suppose once a Catholic, always a Catholic. It was very humbling, I received such solace.” (italics in original text)
In an article entitled, Nicole Kidman is Catholic-and proud of it, she is quoted as saying, “I certainly have a strong belief” and adds, “I try to go to church regularly, and I try to go to confession.”
It has been reported by several sources, including “In Touch” magazine, that Ms. Kidman has recently begun a private study of the Old Testament with Dr. Robert Cargill, religion professor at Pepperdine University. She is trying, it is said, to gain a deeper understanding of Middle Eastern politics.
