Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

Big news everyone. I just became Catholic 20 years ago.

So maybe that's not big news, but when an actual celebrity or well-known person

becomes Catholic or even Christian, that can be big news to a lot of people. And it's understandable

that the faithful can get excited about that. But in today's

episode I want to offer a word of caution about celebrity conversions. So welcome to the

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So every now and then Christianity or Catholicism ends up in the news cycle because a famous person

converts.

Here's a few recent examples involving the tattoo artist Kat Von Dee, actor Shyle Labuff and Rob Schneider,

and Tammy Peterson, the wife of Jordan Peterson.

Cat Von D has embraced a new faith.

The LA Inc. Star shared an Instagram video of her recent baptism on October 3rd. The clip showed the celebrity

tattoo artist being dipped into a baptismal pool during a church service in

front of her friends and family. Rob Schneider is with us now.

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