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Suffering in Service to God

March 2, 2024

Take comfort because your suffering is in God’s will. If human nature is resentful of suffering and resists it.

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For Love of the Cross

January 26, 2024
When Jesus wants me to know he loves me, he lets me experience his wounds, his thorns, his agonies.
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Divine Assistance

January 12, 2024
We are all fragile, we are earth, and not every plot of land produces the fruit intended by the farmer.
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Shia LaBeouf stars in the 2023 film "Padre Pio." LaBeouf entered into full communion with the Catholic Church after receiving the sacrament of confirmation on Dec. 31, 2023. (OSV News photo/Gravitas Ventures)

‘Padre Pio’ actor Shia LaBeouf fully enters the Catholic Church New Year’s Eve

January 3, 2024
An actor who recently portrayed a beloved saint on screen has now fully come into the Catholic Church in real life.
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Saints of September

September 1, 2023
Here are a handful of saints we celebrate in the month of September.
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Actor Shia LaBeouf, who portrays St. Pio of Pietrelcina, and Brother Alexander Rodriguez, who is a Capuchin Franciscan, appear in the new drama "Padre Pio," which premiered at last year's Venice Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters and on demand June 2, 2023. (OSV News photo/Gravitas Ventures)

LaBeouf: ‘I Fell In Love with Christ’ to Portray Padre Pio

June 6, 2023
A film making its U.S. debut recounts the life of a beloved 20th-century saint — and the movie’s star told OSV News he “fell in love with Christ” to prepare for the part.
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Getting Quiet

March 29, 2023
Reflect Actor Shia LaBeouf sat down with Bishop Robert Barron for an interview about his recent conversion to Catholicism as well as his role in the upcoming film Padre Pio. They reflected quite a bit on the life of Padre ...
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