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Your Fave Is Catholic: Leah Remini

Known for: Emmy Award winning television actress who has taken part in many beloved television shows including Living Dolls, Saved By The Bell, Phantom 2040, First Time Out, Fired Up, The King of Queens, The Talk, Family Tools, The Exes, & Kevin Can Wait. She is also a major anti-Scientology activist, having produced & narrated a documentary on the subject titled Leah Remini: Scientology & the Aftermath, & is the author of the book Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood & Scientology.

Evidence of Faith: In a podcast interview on the Joe Rogan Experience, Leah explains that initially, she was baptized as a Roman Catholic & raised in the faith during her early childhood. At age 9, her mother converted to Scientology, forced her to convert & follow the beliefs, & was a Scientologist for a good chunk of her life. However, she left the Church of Scientology in 2013, & has since been super super SUPER critical of that particular religious organization. In an interview with People Magazine, it states Leah has since embraced the Catholic Church as her true faith, find great comfort as a Catholic, & has even baptized her daughter Sofia as Catholic. In her own words, Catholicism is “…what religion is supposed to be: a beautiful thing!”