Nicole Kidman Abandons Scientology, Returns To Catholic Church

How Father Paul is guiding Nic back to her spiritual home

Peter Terry...

You mean another spirit for the devils advocate...scientology or
catholicsm, what difference does it make given both path lead to
ignorance.

Neil Kelsey...

I think they start from ignorance and the path leads to confusion.

ANIM8Rfsk...

It is awfully hard to try to characterize moving from on to the other as an
achievement.

RichA...

At least the creators of Christianity weren't hack scifi writers who

trotsky...

I disagree. Do you really think walking on water and the miracle of the
loaves and fishes is something an A list writer would come up with?

hated psychiatrists
because they knew if they ever saw one, they'd be locked up for life in
a looney bin.
The original Christians were obviously very brave people, to go against
the prevailing
power of the time, Rome. Old ELRON was never crucified, but it would
have been
nice if he had been.

bam...

Nothing can lead to ignorance. Ignorance is a precondition.

Erin O'Dwyer and Annette Sharp

June 11, 2006

NICOLE Kidman's marriage to country singer Keith Urban this month will
mark a new stage on her spiritual journey.

A close religious confidant to the actor - Sydney Jesuit priest Father
Paul Coleman - has revealed that Kidman's wedding preparations have
helped deepen her Catholic faith.

Richard Smol...

So she is switching from one brain-washing cult to the other. Same
difference.

"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.

Father Coleman is chaplain at Mary MacKillop Chapel in North Sydney.
The church has reportedly been chosen as the venue for the nuptials on
June 25.

It is also where Kidman attended Easter Mass with her parents, Antony
and Janelle, last year.

Since her split from Tom Cruise in 2001, Kidman has returned to her
Catholic roots, attending Mass regularly. She abandoned her faith when
she married Cruise in a Church of Scientology ceremony at his isolated
estate in Colorado in 1990.

Kidman has since been granted an annulment on the basis that her first
marriage did not conform to the requirements of the church.

Father Coleman was instrumental in advising Kidman's family on the
annulment.

But the priest said the family's wish was that "everything stays under
wraps". He said no booking for the wedding had been made at the chapel.

William George Ferguson...

so the family wants to have everything stay 'under wraps', and the priest
give an interview about the details. Way to respect the family's wishes
Father Coleman.

Speculation that the ceremony could be held in the chapel at Monte
Sant'Angelo College, North Sydney, was doubtful, he said.

"I don't believe either chapel is large enough to accommodate such a
social wedding."

The wedding will be a star-studded affair. Guests are said to include
Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman and
Deborra-Lee Furness, Russell Crowe and Danielle Spencer, and Lachlan
and Sarah Murdoch, as well as Rupert Murdoch and wife Wendi Deng.

Guests have reportedly been contacted to confirm the date, and told to
wait for a second secretive communique to confirm the location and
time.

The wedding is likely to be held under the cover of nightfall to reduce
photographic interest.

Helicopter pilots, photographers, chefs and stylists retained at great
expense have all signed confidentiality contracts.

It is believed that Kidman will wear a gown by designer Balenciaga and
be attended by her daughter Isabella and her sister Antonia.

Antonia meanwhile has been planning a hens' night at her new $4.5
million waterfront home in Greenwich.

Rumours are circulating that the bride and groom have already slipped
into the country, but Kidman may yet make a final red carpet appearance
- at next week's Shanghai Film Festival to promote her new Kar Wai Wong
film The Lady From Shanghai.

The couple, both 38 (Nicole turns 39 on June 20), met in January last
year at an Australian expat function in Los Angeles. She was spotted
wearing an engagement ring in December, and in May named Urban as her
fiance in an interview.

In lieu of wedding gifts, the couple has provided guests with a list of
charities and asked them to donate.

It is believed the couple will honeymoon in Fiji.