Hollywood movie star Shia LaBeouf is contemplating whether to become a deacon after his recent reception into the Catholic Church.
The Transformers and Fury actor underwent a religious awakening when he played the lead role of St Pio of Pietrelcina – the 20th century Italian mystic and stigmatist – for the 2022 biopic Padre Pio.
The Franciscan friars who advised him during the making of the film have now revealed that he has expressed a wish to become a deacon.
The office would permit LaBeouf, who is married to British actress Mia Goth, to perform some of the functions of a priest, such as preaching and officiating at marriages.
