{"id":1251,"date":"2006-06-10T13:02:34","date_gmt":"2006-06-10T13:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/06\/hope-for-katie-holmes-yet.html"},"modified":"2006-06-10T13:02:34","modified_gmt":"2006-06-10T13:02:34","slug":"hope-for-katie-holmes-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/06\/hope-for-katie-holmes-yet.html","title":{"rendered":"Hope for Katie Holmes, yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicole Kidman returning to her Catholic faith <\/a>(I don’t think Kidman, unlike poor Katie, actually ever joined Scientology, though.)<\/p>\n

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NICOLE Kidman’s marriage to country singer Keith Urban this month will mark a new stage on her spiritual journey.<\/p>\n

A close spiritual confidant, a Father Paul Coleman, says that Kidman’s wedding preparations have helped deepen her Catholic faith.<\/p>\n

"For Nicole, you know, this is a spiritual homecoming, coming back to the church and her faith in her old parish," he told the Catholic News Service.<\/p>\n

Father Coleman, a Sydney Jesuit, is chaplain at the Mary MacKillop Chapel, in North Sydney<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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