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Post by Cepha on May 16, 2008 20:17:37 GMT -5
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Post by Cepha on May 16, 2008 20:47:41 GMT -5
Other famous Catholics?
- Dan Aykroyd - comedian, actor (lapsed)
- Alan Alda - actor famous for his role as "Dr. 'Hawkeye' Pierce" on TV's M*A*S*H (devout Catholic until early adulthood, then mostly lapsed)
- Robert Alda - actor, movie star, father of actor Alan Alda
- Samuel Alito - nominated to U.S. Supreme Court in October 2005
- Augustine - influential Christian philosopher
- Stephen Baldwin - actor
- Anne Bancroft - Oscar-winning actor, The Miracle Worker (1962)
- John Barrymore - actor
- Lionel Barrymore - actor
- Bono - lead singer for Irish rock band U2; humanitarian (father was a lapsed Catholic)
- Ernest Borgnine - actor; McHale's Navy, Marty, etc.
- Peter Boyle - actor (former Christian Brother, i.e., he was studying to become a priest; lapsed)
- William Brennan Jr. - U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Sam Brownback - U.S. Senator from Kansas (converted to Catholicism while in office)
- Pierce Butler - U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Nicolas Cage - Oscar-winning actor, Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
- James Cagney - Oscar-winning actor, Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell - U.S. Senator from Colorado
- Frank Capra - director, It's a Wonderful Life; etc.
- Jim Caviezel - actor; played "Jesus" in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ
- G. K. Chesterton - author, theologian (convert)
- Gary Cooper - actor, movie star (convert)
- Sean Connery - movie star
- Francis Ford Coppola - film director (non-practicing)
- Roger Corman - prolific independent film producer/director
- Joan Crawford - actress, movie star
- Bing Crosby - actor, singer, movie star
- Salvador Dali - Surrealist painter (convert)
- Leonardo da Vinci - artist, scientist, inventor
- Dorothy Day - founded the Catholic Worker Movement in 1933
- Edgar Degas - famous French painter
- Francisco De Goya - famous Spanish painter
- Robert De Niro - actor, movie star (non-practicing)
- Patty Duke - actress
- Faye Dunaway - Oscar-winning actor, Network (1976)
- Irene Dunne - actress
- Mia Farrow - actress, former wife of Woody Allen
- Joey Fatone - singer with boy band N'Sync
- Clark Gable - Oscar-winning actor, It Happened One Night (1934)
- Galileo Galilei - influential scientist, astronomer
- Paul Gauguin - celebrated French painter known for his warm paintings of Polynesian people and scenes (raised Catholic,
convert to Theosophy)
- Mel Gibson - actor, film director (traditionalist Catholic)
- Alec Guinness - Oscar-winning actor, The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
- Arlo Guthrie - American folk singer (convert)
- Josh Hartnett - actor, movie star
- Helen Hayes - actress
- Alfred Hitchcock - influential film director
- Bob Hope - movie star, comedian
- Casey Kasem - nationally prominent Top 10 D.J.
- Gene Kelly - actor, dancer, movie star
- Grace Kelly - Oscar-winning actor, The Country Girl (1954)
- Anthony M. Kennedy - U.S. Supreme Court justice
- John F. Kennedy Jr. - 35th U.S. President
- Alan Keyes - U.S. Presidential candidate, politician, radio host
- Nicole Kidman - actress
- Vivien Leigh - Oscar-winning actor, Gone With the Wind (1939), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- Jack Lemmon - movie star
- Sophia Loren - actress (non-practicing)
- Dean Martin - movie star
- Joseph McKenna - U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Rev. John McCloskey - influential Washington D.C. priest, advocate of traditionalism
- Norma McCorvey - the woman known as "Roe" in "Roe Versus Wade" case which legalized abortion; she later became staunch anti-abortion advocate
- Michelangelo - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was a famous Italian painter, artist, sculptor
- Sherman Minton - U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Frank Murphy - U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Bill Murray - comedian, actor
- Bob Newhart - popular TV sitcom actor, comedian
- Jack Nicholson - actor
- Robert Novak - conservative columnist and TV commentator
(convert)
- Al Pacino - Oscar-winning actor, Scent of a Woman (1992)
- St. Patrick - brought Christianity to Ireland
- Gregory Peck - actor
- Bernadette Peters - singer, actress
- Pablo Picasso - (1881-1973) famous painter
- Anthony Quinn - actor (lapsed)
- Raphael - famous Italian painter
- John Roberts - appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005
- Susan Sarandon - Oscar-winning actor, Dead Man Walking
(1995)
- Antonin Scalia - U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Joe Schwarz - U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Martin Scorsese - film director
- William Shakespeare - playwright
- Martin Sheen - actor
- Bruce Springsteen - rock star
- Jon Voight - Oscar-winning actor, Coming Home (1978)
- Sylvester Stallone - movie star
- Roger Taney - Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836-
1864)
- Clarence Thomas - U.S. Supreme Court justice
- J.R.R. Tolkien - fantasy writer
- Spencer Tracy - actor
- John Travolta - actor (convert to Scientology)
- John Wayne - actor
- Mae West - actress
- Edward White - Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910-
1921)
- Oscar Wilde - influential Irish writer (deathbed convert from
Anglican to Catholicism)
- James Woods - actor
- Loretta Young - actress
(The Protestant's Favorites...)
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Post by knuckle on May 17, 2008 5:43:40 GMT -5
hey Cepha--------------------
I understand convert but what does lapsed mean?
much love----------------knuckle
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Post by Cepha on May 17, 2008 7:46:58 GMT -5
Lapsed: Baptized "in" The Catholic Church, but not adhering to The Faith, yet still has not officially renounced their faith.
A Catholic is de-catholicized (LOL) by either excommunication or by their renouncing their faith officially.
No one is held against their will.
And...the Church is patient in excommunicating one. They give plenty of warnings and try to work with an individual who is actively "not" living a Catholic based life. It's a live and let live policy (so long as they are not doing anything to damage souls).
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Post by alfie on May 17, 2008 11:23:15 GMT -5
Is there a point to your list Cepha? As far as I can tell only about three of these people have (alive) or had (now dead) a godly lifestyle and who I would consider to be a Christian.
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Post by Cepha on May 17, 2008 12:03:23 GMT -5
Is there a point to your list Cepha? Yeah...some of the most unlikeliest people turned out to be Catholic.  Take the two best Presidents...Kennedy and Reagan. |
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Post by alfie on May 17, 2008 16:16:07 GMT -5
Lapsed: Baptized "in" The Catholic Church, but not adhering to The Faith, yet still has not officially renounced their faith. A Catholic is de-catholicized (LOL) by either excommunication or by their renouncing their faith officially. No one is held against their will. And...the Church is patient in excommunicating one. They give plenty of warnings and try to work with an individual who is actively "not" living a Catholic based life. It's a live and let live policy (so long as they are not doing anything to damage souls). I AM SHOCKED!  You left out re-verts and they are the funniest of the bunch! ;D |
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Post by Cepha on May 17, 2008 18:40:30 GMT -5
Lapsed: Baptized "in" The Catholic Church, but not adhering to The Faith, yet still has not officially renounced their faith. A Catholic is de-catholicized (LOL) by either excommunication or by their renouncing their faith officially. No one is held against their will. And...the Church is patient in excommunicating one. They give plenty of warnings and try to work with an individual who is actively "not" living a Catholic based life. It's a live and let live policy (so long as they are not doing anything to damage souls). I AM SHOCKED! You left out re-verts and they are the funniest of the bunch! ;D Hi Sexy. He didn't ask about "reverts".  |
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Post by redsoxfan on May 19, 2008 22:43:03 GMT -5
Don't forget about John Wayne, he was a deathbed conversion!
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Post by Cepha on May 19, 2008 22:43:39 GMT -5
Don't forget about John Wayne, he was a deathbed conversion! He's on the list. ;D |
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Post by redsoxfan on May 19, 2008 22:45:42 GMT -5
Dang it. I see him on there now. (sigh) Still we got the Baldwins!!! ...(sigh)
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Post by Cepha on May 19, 2008 23:01:59 GMT -5
Dang it. I see him on there now. (sigh) Still we got the Baldwins!!! ...(sigh) |
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Post by redsoxfan on May 20, 2008 16:11:57 GMT -5
There has to be more than this.
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Post by alfie on May 20, 2008 19:04:24 GMT -5
Dang it. I see him on there now. (sigh) Still we got the Baldwins!!! ...(sigh) Sheesh...you are desperate! The rest of the Baldwins are anti-Catholic. |
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Post by Cepha on May 20, 2008 20:05:57 GMT -5
Not so fast slick...they got one of them! Stephen! Sheesh...you are desperate! The rest of the Baldwins are anti-Catholic. Good riddens then. Who was it? Alec who called his own daughter and cursed her out? And the other one is a drug addict? Obviously, whatever they are now, it'a not working for them. |
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Post by Cepha on May 20, 2008 20:06:42 GMT -5
There has to be more than this. What? On him? Just YouTube his name...there's tons on him. |
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Post by redsoxfan on May 20, 2008 23:09:15 GMT -5
Don't forget Tony Blair converted recently =P
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Post by Cepha on May 21, 2008 7:34:10 GMT -5
Don't forget Tony Blair converted recently =P Oh yeah, that's right. Imagine that, 5 of the US Supreme Court Judges are Cats, yet their never given a bill to ban abortion by the lawmakers. |
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Post by redsoxfan on May 24, 2008 13:17:00 GMT -5
Not really too shocking with a democrat controlled congress.
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Post by Cepha on May 24, 2008 14:34:43 GMT -5
Not really too shocking with a democrat controlled congress. Uh, the Dems just got Congress last year... ...who was in control for the 16 years before that? |
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