awards season, beleaguered actor Shia LaBeouf was some 120 miles from the glitz and glamour, quietly receiving a religious sacrament.The 37-year-old “Transformers” star was officially confirmed into the Catholic Church during mass at Old Mission Santa Inés Parish in Solvang, California.“We made sure only a few people knew about it,” Brother Alex Rodriquez, LaBeouf’s confirmation sponsor and friend, told The Post of the ceremony. “We didn’t want any press or anything that would disrupt the service.
The church was full but the majority [of the congregation] didn’t know.”Instead the news was announced in a Facebook post by the Capuchin Franciscans, Western America Province — an order with whom LaBeouf embedded in 2021 to prepare for the title role of “Padre Pio,” a movie about the late Italian priest who was canonized as a saint in 2002.
At the time the actor began studying with the order, his career seemed to flatline and his personal life was imploding over horrific allegations of abuse by two ex-girlfriends.But nearly four years later, those who have helped him on his spiritual journey — which included studying the Gospel, attending Latin mass and even speaking with an exorcist, all while living out of his Ford pickup truck — say LaBeouf is a changed man who has fully accepted God into his life.“The way he says it, he had nothing.
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