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Shia LaBeouf Converts to Catholicism While Studying for “Padre Pio”

by Emily Nagle

Shia LaBeouf has announced that he has converted to Christianity while shooting his upcoming film “Padre Pio”.

The “Transformers” star revealed the news in a Thursday interview for the media organization Word on Fire with Fire Catholic Ministries’ Bishop Robert Barron. LaBeouf became familiar with the church while living with a monastery of Franciscan Capuchin friars in preparation for his role as the titular character of St. Padre Pio.

At the start of the project, LaBeouf was in the darkest point of his life after being part of several scandals. He sought out spirituality groups to find meaning after contemplating taking his own life, revealing, “I didn’t want to be alive anymore when all this happened. Shame like I had never experienced before — the kind of shame that you forget how to breathe. You don’t know where to go…But I was also in this deep desire to hold on.”

He went on to explain that his motivation to be in “Padre Pio” was driven not by God, but by his career and finding himself again. LaBeouf, who previously described himself as Jewish, was drawn to Catholicism by the religion’s emphasis on forgiveness and morality.

“Padre Pio” is set to premiere next month at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival.

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