A reader writes: “Scripture tells us that when we die and enter heaven, we will be reunited with family and friends. May we also conclude that it will also be possible to meet famous celebrities such as movie stars, musicians, writers, world
This year, actor and comedian Rob Schneider is celebrating his first Christmas as a Catholic. “I think the reason the Catholic Church works for me is it’s closest to the actual words of Jesus Christ,” the 60-year-old told Our Sunday Visitor. Schneider
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Five years ago, Rosy Oros lay comatose in a hospital bed in Mexico -- some 1,500 miles away from home -- after experiencing complications from a medical procedure that had taken a drastic toll on her body
Audrey Assad, a musician whose career centered around Catholicism, began her journey away from the Church around 2013. In this she is far from alone. A 2021 Pew survey found that three-in-ten adults in the U.S. describe their religion as “nothing in
Award-winning Disney and Broadway star Lea Salonga is revealing that her Catholic past informs her approach to Christmas ahead of her performance in a PBS-televised holiday program. “As someone that grew up Catholic, I was raised to believe that Christmas was a
In the pages of her memoir, “The Woman in Me,” Britney Spears gives readers an understanding of why she did the things that fueled tabloid headlines for years and the very real effects fame and gossip had on her as a vulnerable
“God, please help me,” Matthew Perry whispered. “Show me that you are here. God, please help me.” In his memoir, the late actor described an encounter where he unmistakably knew God’s presence. He had been struggling with addiction. He even thought he
Whoopie Goldberg met Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 12. Goldberg shared details of the meeting on "The View," saying, "He was quite amazing. He is exactly what I hoped he would be, which is a pope for
Newspapers love to run stories about celebrities being weird or self-destructive, because celebrity-obsessed Americans gobble them up. People reading them naturally ask why celebrities “spin off into eccentricity and madness,” actor-director-novelist Ethan Hawke wrote a few years ago: “Celebrity is a form
"Eras" is a lively recap of all 10 of Taylor Swift's studio albums across 17 years. Directed by Sam Wrench, the footage was compiled from concerts at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, outside Los Angeles, during Swift’s ongoing tour.