{"id":56852,"date":"2022-08-26T07:50:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T07:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/is-shia-labeouf-catholic-what-to-know-about-the-padre-pio-stars-conversion\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T07:50:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T07:50:57","slug":"is-shia-labeouf-catholic-what-to-know-about-the-padre-pio-stars-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/is-shia-labeouf-catholic-what-to-know-about-the-padre-pio-stars-conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Shia LaBeouf Catholic? What to know about the ‘Padre Pio’ star’s conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A changed man. <\/p>\n

Shia LaBeouf revealed he is now a Catholic and a member of the Roman Catholic Church after studying for his upcoming movie, \u201cPadre Pio.\u201d<\/p>\n

While preparing to play the Italian priest, LaBeouf recalled being in a very dark place following a series of scandals that included sexual battery and abuse claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a gun on the table. I was outta here,\u201d the \u201cTransformers\u201d actor, 36, said in a YouTube interview with Bishop Barron uploaded Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn’t want to be alive anymore when all this happened. Shame like I had never experienced before \u2014 the kind of shame that you forget how to breathe. You don’t know where to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor \u2014 who recently welcomed his first child with girlfriend Mia Goth \u2014 detailed that he started living with Franciscan Capuchin friars in order to prepare for his role as the famous figure. This led him to find comfort through faith and the religious community when he was isolated from the rest of society. <\/p>\n

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The actor learned more about the religion while studying for his upcoming movie \u201cPadre Pio.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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\u201cThe reach-out had happened. I was already there, I had nowhere to go. This was the last stop on the train. There was nowhere else to go \u2014 in every sense,\u201d the \u201cEven Stevens\u201d actor told Barron.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know now that God was using my ego to draw me to Him. Drawing me away from worldly desires. It was all happening simultaneously. But there would have been no impetus for me to get in my car, drive up [to the monastery] if I didn’t think, ‘Oh, I’m gonna save my career.’\u201d <\/p>\n

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The \u201cHoney Boy\u201d actor said reading the gospel helped him to \u201clet go\u201d of his past. <\/figcaption>
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This revelation came after LaBeouf had several run-ins with the law in 2020 that left the controversial actor out of work. <\/p>\n

The actor was charged with petty theft and battery after he got into an altercation that turned physical and stole a man’s hat. <\/p>\n

Shortly after he was sued by his ex-girlfriend, FKA Twigs, who accused him of sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress during their short relationship. She actor claimed that the \u201cHoles\u201d had once choked her in the middle of the night along with other examples of physical and emotional abuse. <\/p>\n

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