What It’s Like to Be a Catholic in Hollywood (feat. Barbara Nicolosi)

[@ivorybow]

I loved what you said about "you can't understand the church's position on abortion until you understand the church's definition of life." Brilliant!

[@hollyday2580]

@@randycouch2769 if God thought He had to handle overpopulation, He'd wipe it out and start over. He doesn't need mankind killing helpless babies in the womb for Him.

[@tbdr97]

@@randycouch2769 hey you knucklehead why be stupid......educate yourself to understand more clearly what is being said here.....your statement shows just how ignorant and shallow you are. God gave you a brain.....be smart.....use it....Peace Bro

[@Kitiwake]

Catholic apart...... Knowing what is involved in the actual procedure of abortion is enough to cause any thinking normal person to oppose it with their whole being.

[@evandelaalquarame4171]

@@tbdr97 Erm... Theodore, could you re-read this and ask "If someone replied to my view about world population/abortion using exactly these words, how would I react?" For instance, on two ends of the reaction spectrum: - Would you want to look up more information about overpopulation/abortion even though no new ideas to research were provided and you've already formed a view based on your experiences, feelings, and facts that others have told you? - Would you feel your view is even more justified because the other side uses insults at the first opportunity and therefore doesn't have any substance to offer?

[@evandelaalquarame4171]

@@randycouch2769 It may help to look up abortion methods first. If God is good and wants what is good for us, do killings where we treat other humans far worse than slaughtering animals seem at all consistent with God's plan for us? Does killing other humans to try avoiding possible future suffering due to fewer resources per person help the situation? Alternatively, does it hurt us by making it harder to care about others in the short-term and preventing us from inventing better solutions that allow everyone to live, as we have in the centuries since 1798 when Thomas Malthus predicted overpopulation? If you want to talk about world population growth/decrease and what's sustainable, I'll be available tomorrow.

[@mileseximius]

The fact that she's a Hollywood Catholic, and from what I'm hearing I mean a CATHOLIC, fills me with joy and hope. This channel is a constant white pill, and I thank you all at Ascension Presents for that.

[@cmm2145]

Autistic Birb - She’s my cousin. She is highly intelligent and very definitely CATHOLIC.

[@cmm2145]

Jennifer Rivera - Honestly, i haven’t seen her in decades. I used to hear stuff about her when her mom would call my mom, but my mom passed away in 2012. I do believe that she is or has been involved in the Christian film industry. There was some talk of her discussing The Passion of the Christ with Mel Gibson, but I don’t know exactly what that was about. I will send her a Facebook friend request and see if I can get in touch with her that way. If not, I’m already Facebook friends with one of her sisters, so I can try to get her sister to put me in touch with me. Give me some time and I’ll get back with you. Feel free to remind me just in case.

[@cmm2145]

Jennifer Rivera - She has a blog called Church of the Masses. She has a Facebook page for it. I don’t know if it has a webpage, but it used to. You could try to contact her through that. If you reach her, let me know so that I won’t be asking her the same questions. I did do a Facebook friend request, so we will see what comes of that.

[@cmm2145]

Jennifer Rivera - I Facebook messaged her with your questions. If she responds to me, I’ll let you know. Or she might respond directly to you on this thread.

[@brotherdj777]

@@cmm2145 This false religion kept me in bondage for 28 years. I was not led to Jesus, I was not led to the bible, and I was not filled with the Holy Spirit. I was taught to do vain traditions and outright idolatry. Thank God I am free from this dead church. I am born again and filled with the Holy Ghost. I know my redeemer now. His name is Jesus and He deserves the praise. Not mary, not saints, not the pope, not the priest. O thankyou Jesus for the work you have done in my life. I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED ON!

[@eileen1820]

I want more of this woman! She is awesome!

[@gerardos256]

She has her own show on Virgin Most Powerful podcast, just search her up. Her show is called church of the masses if I remember correctly.

[@mairiamdebron1084]

@Eileen D me too! I learned a bunch in less than 10 minutes!! I LOVE the “not ducking your question” and then starting with “where is God in your life”. I can totally see myself having that kind of conversation.

[@lala-no6hn]

gerardos256 Thanks. I will do it

[@shaynapritchard4883]

This was too short! I want to hear more also.

[@marianniezayas1531]

It's so important as Catholics to surround ourselves with non-Catholics bc they educate us on how to evangelize better. I love her approach and agree that we have to be patient and unafraid to be authentically ourselves and just live our faith. We are sons and daughters of a mighty God. He can work wonders in and through us, but at the end of the day it is His Holy Spirit that moves ppl's hearts.

[@wolf4811]

I'm pretty grateful that I hardly knew anything about Catholicism until I was 19 or 20. Because I spent all my teenage years getting very immersed in secular culture and being inspired by all their goals for justice and equality. so i GET where most of these arguments are coming from. I used to believe most of them at some point, because there were a lot of Catholic teachings I didn't know about, and I didn't know that Catholics were supposed to agree with EVERYTHING the church said. I was very much a cafeteria Catholic haha. I also have more compassion for nonreligious people (even if they do make me want to tear my hair out a lot of the time haha) because I know they aren't trying to be selfish or hateful. They are trying to be rebellious, but they genuinely believe they are rebelling against something evil. They truly believe their ideals would make a better world. They come from a place of love... a lot of the time haha. Some things definitely come from a place of anger. But isn't that true for all of us haha. I think it is especially hard to avoid anger and to find peace and serenity when you don't have a source of absolute truth to look to. Everything is really confusing and frustrating and unsettled if you have a relativistic mindset. In the end society today is hurting, and they are trying to figure out how to resolve that. They associate evil with the traits of those who seemed to participate in it the most, which in most societies is those in power. And those in power tended to be (and still often are) straight, wealthy, white Christian men. They don't know enough about Christianity to distinguish it from all the Christians who have done evil things.

[@eetwins21]

As a fellow Catholic in Hollywood, she’s spot on. Although, I feel 10% is a conservative number, I have been blessed to befriend fellow Catholics in the industry and our unity in Faith, Christ, and the early Church Martyrs makes weathering the storm possible. 🙏🏻🌹

[@juliagross3136]

Dir_EvanM I’m a film student moving to LA in the summer after I graduate. Is there a good network for Catholics in Hollywood?

[@eileen1820]

Wow I love the way she approaches anti Catholic individuals.

[@thomas-5417]

I know! Evangelists are usually so hostile that it’s no wonder everyone hates Christians

[@julienielsen3746]

@@thomas-5417 Sounds like the Catholics are the ones who are hostile, if you're a Catholic. You sound very hostile.

[@Happytown7523]

I know right, I certainly dont have her level of patience lol

[@Happytown7523]

@@julienielsen3746 ba-bye

[@happyhour1517]

Thank you for this enlightening talk. I am in Hollywood and I agree with you 100%. I love being a Catholic,it is Jesus’s church. The one true catholic apostolic church He established. Thank you for sharing how to navigate a conversation.

[@Richie016]

Lord's spirit helps make certain where we are uncertain.😇🕊✔✝

[@Cristell150]

I really think that this is applicable outside of Hollywood as well. Thank you for sharing your experiences!

[@joeedmack9893]

Ms Nicolosi, your enlightened and contemporary approach to Catholic appologetics/evangelism is absolutely superlative!! Have you considered formally teaching your effective approach to other members of the laity. We could use your help. Thanks for sharing your experiences

[@Richie016]

🙄🥰😇

[@heystephanysuarez]

I love how courageous she is and how gracefully she handles the conversations! So encouraging! God bless you Barbara! It's so uplifting knowing the Catholic church has a disciple like you, in Hollywood!

[@laurenbashoura9575]

She was my professor in the Honors College! So amazing to see her speaking with Ascension Presents!

[@mkznan5963]

when she talked about looking back through your life and see where grace has been operating, suddenly I remember the times that I went through and I realised "yes that was God's grace". it made me smile and I feel joy.

[@superswiftfan4]

What a wonderful testimony of evangelization!

[@Richie016]

💙

[@MeowyMakes]

Wow, as someone going into the entertainment industry, I needed this. Thank you.

[@raquelbueno1923]

"Friendship before doctrine." God bless you, Ma'am.

[@josephjackson1956]

It's odd how little tolerance is in Hollywood for Catholicism. Lots of tolerance for just about everything else, though.

[@Richie016]

Hail mary mother of God pray for us sinners,now & at the hour of our death. Amen!

[@krdiaz8026]

Because they view Islam, Buddhism, Wicca, etc. as "culture."

[@Richie016]

@@krdiaz8026Let us not be influenced with worldly thoughts and desires of fame & money.Also, may we not wonder in fantasy,instead aspire for spreading joy,peace & love.

[@22grena]

Odd? do you know who controls Hollywood?

[@TickleMeElmo55]

@@Richie016 Little to no tolerance for the religious, social conservatism and non-liberal politics.

[@kleinschmitterling]

Very insightful. Anybody else feels like there should be a continuation of this? Part 2 and more...?

[@alswann2702]

As a Teamster who works in the industry I'd say she hit the nail on on the head. There is a lunatic lefty element but they're much more loud than numerous. I tend to be careful not so much in what I say but in who I say it to.

[@wolf4811]

even just being a college student is sort of terrifying (and i'm an acting student so woo hoo even more anti-religious sentiment haha) because the kids these days just think Christianity is super evil! Within the past 6-9 months though, I've been increasingly inspired by Bible passages where Jesus and Saint Paul are super bold and blunt and don't withhold opinions out of fear of making people uncomfortable. They say the truth no matter what. So I've been talking more and more about God haha. I won't talk about the political issues unless I'm with a group of friends (this includes atheist friends!), and those conversations are usually about abortion because that's sort of necessary to change minds about, and then I also talk about how important I think marriage vows are and why I'm strongly opposed to diverse if a friend mentions something about not seeing the point to marriage anymore. As for gushing about how much I love Jesus and random Church teachings and the joy I get from Bible studies and cool things I learn from Catholic videos or podcasts, I'll like share that during class discussions if it's relevant haha. I just talk about Jesus ALL THE TIME and I do my best to not let fear hold me back. I want to share his beauty with everyone!!!!

[@cmm2145]

That’s my cousin! She is very intelligent and very Catholic. Good advice on how to start discussing Catholic hot button issues with non-Catholics. I like that “You can’t understand that until you understand this first.” It’s true. When you’re building, you must start with the foundation. You can’t just start building the fifth floor first. It won’t work. It’ll fall down because it has nothing to hold it up. You cannot do Algebra until you know how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. It’s difficult for me to go back to the basics like that because I’m a cradle Catholic. The way I learned was, to a point, different from the way converts to Catholicism learn because I learned basics as a child on a child’s level. So this helps me formulate a plan if I’m ever in the position to need to teach my faith to someone else.

[@laurenelise98]

I was just debating moving to California and was worrying about this issue so I'm so glad this popped into my feed today! Thank you! She's so eloquent and willing to tell the truth which I really appreciate.

[@seshwondo376]

Good luck out there

[@kolaman18]

For what it's worth I actually heard LA has a pretty surprisingly active Church

[@Richie016]

✝Love of God dissolves all guilt and shame.

[@juliajungwirth7693]

Amazing video! I didn't know who Barbara Nicolosi was before watching this but her courage in her witness to Christ is beautiful, inspiring and inspirational. She speaks the truth about how we must evangelize: not by forcing people to believe, rather by walking with them while they search for God.

[@Richie016]

Our approach to adapt with our surroundings and the response we get, plays a distinct role to determine the confidence which we develop towards our faith.

[@imommtube]

What an intellegent and brilliant woman, wow.

[@Richie016]

🙄🤔😇

[@kyrie8837]

Very wise words from a very wise woman and true catholic. I applaud the humble path she chooses to take with people who want to talk about God. Absolutely brilliant !

[@tMatt5M]

This person is fascinating. I would enjoy hearing more of what she had to say.

[@netoolazaba2786]

tMatt She has a show on virgin most powerful radio/podcast. The show is called church of the masses

[@mmvr2680]

We need more of this! Please 🥺

[@Richie016]

😃🕊😇

[@elizabethw4519]

Going back and not starting where they question is is brilliant!!

[@commscompany1502]

This woman is brilliant! Kudos to whoever thought to invite her

[@lishkoburger12]

Will always be grateful for Barbara starting Act One. I was in the Summer Class of 2013. Amazing!!

[@SterlingJames]

Thank you AP for blessing us with Barbara. God bless you Barbara!

[@ericacarnohan]

I love Barbara Nicolosi!! Thanks so much for this! :)

[@serena7397]

Whoa!!!!! I am blown away by her intellect and wisdom!!! "They/pagans are looking for reasons NOT to be Catholic". Wow!!! It makes perfect sense. I don't know who this woman is but I need and want to hear more from her please. 🙏💙

[@johanna.stipetic]

wow, I so appreciate hearing her perspective. As someone who went to acting conservatory & was pursuing it professionally in NYC, I feel this so hard. It was a big reason why I stopped pursuing it because it started to feel like the profession itself was at odds with my faith, and I will always choose my faith over a job any day. (and now I'm doing something far more in alignment with God's plan for my life!) Grateful for her and other Catholic Christians who continue to stand firm in their faith & build bridges with those who don't understand what we believe rather than walls.

[@GinnyandEric]

Great interview. Thanks for your witness 💯

[@PLA5207]

Oh my. What a beautiful and considered perspective has Barbara Nicolosi. So pleased to have come across this video. TY and God bless. Doc

[@margaretmeagher1608]

Thank you Barbara for your love for the faith, your courage and just for being you. Love it!

[@jacquel2ne]

I LOVE your take on how to have those conversations!!! Thank you!

[@gageedwards2780]

Wow, she makes some great strong points, on the people who don’t or want anything to do with god. I give her my most respect and love. She is warrior for our church, a warrior for God. Amen to her and all that she does

[@christinevon3524]

I loved this interview. I live in Los Angeles and I hear this rhetoric everywhere and have had a hard time dialoguing, but she gave me some excellent suggestions where to begin. And thank you for bringing us the movie "Fatima", I cannot wait to see it, ws hoping to bring a group to the opening. Keep being a disciple in Hollywood, we need you.

[@rosee2460]

Wow! Brilliant! I really like her answer. There are also a very few number of practicing Catholics in Hollywood who seem to be doing a great job at teaching and inspiring others too.

[@josephjackson1956]

What a wonderful witness! Thank you so much! ☺️

[@Richie016]

St. Francis, had a love for animals too!🆖🐶😺🐴🐮🐰

[@josephjackson1956]

St. Francis is my confirmation saint! How did you know? 😅☺️😁

[@Jen-CelticWarrior]

Please write a how-to book!

[@2021-j2d]

Please can we have more from Ms Nicolosi? What a patient, intelligent, gentle woman. I could definitely be friends with her.

[@netoolazaba2786]

Donna she has a show in virgin most power radio/podcast. Her show is called church of the masses

[@2021-j2d]

neto olazaba, found it. Thank you.

[@rachelgomes6470]

you've explained everything so nicely, God bless you!

[@domi4396]

This came at great timing!! Just yesterday i was feeling like everyone hates catholics for those reasons or others and completely bypassing actually getting to know God. If you dont have a why you cant do the how. We cant pretend that people follow our "rules" without having our why which is God's relationshp. I go to uni and being young around young people Who think can depend only on themselves, sometimes you look stupid for being catholic, but as God said "our sadness Will turn into joy"

[@allisonw439]

Thanks. She definitely said it exactly how it is.

[@CatholicChaplets]

What a great evangelist this woman is! Thank you!

[@willyromney]

I love approaching the faith from an intellectual perspective

[@alexiszuer1380]

omg, so much good she said. wow, definitely made me rethink how I approach evangelism. love what she had to say, truly wise words.

[@ericapedroza7067]

Found this quite interesting!

[@SharonCullenArt]

Very eloquently said.. I feel the same. We are being treated for the most part like Christians from Paul’s time. We were told we would be persecuted for our faith and Jesus is never wrong. Jesus told us, Timothy told us, Paul told us..... But Jesus also said, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. We don’t want to be in their face as she said but we can all pray for them. I think I will do that right now.

[@allanlindsay8369]

6:44 in " . . .they are looking for reasons not to be Catholic . . . " the Church is and always has been the conscience of the world and right there is why so many resent it. "Leave me alone to do what I want!" . . . . No matter what the cost.

[@matthewjuliano6325]

Fantastic; one of my favorites!

[@andrewhartigan5342]

More of this please????

[@johnniederreiter8628]

Wow! Great insights. This video is going into my favorites so I can refer to it periodically

[@resikat]

Who is this lady?! She has great advice!! I want to hear more!

[@kalvinkidean5798]

Wow. Delightful. Could she do more?

[@wolf4811]

"we'll get to it but we're not gonna start there" AMAZING thank you!

[@Janosik_Janosikowy]

Thank you so much!

[@kerwinfernandes9583]

Thank you, this helps. God bless 🙏🏼

[@audoremus]

More of this!

[@netoolazaba2786]

audoremus She has a show on virgin most powerful radio/podcast. Her show is called church of the masses

[@LoveeeeelyM]

I would love to see a part 2!

[@lala-no6hn]

What a smart and beautiful woman 😊 #respect

[@unahistoriaconsentido2739]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. THANK YOU

[@connie2286]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences. Ph D in creative writer, thta's awesome!

[@dirtroadsambar]

Very good and sensible approach!

[@palomarAI]

Great perspectives!

[@belle8ej]

This was very insightful and useful! Thanks. :)

[@liviamoraes1272]

This was amazing! Thank you!

[@harmonywaldron5583]

I really like what you said. I hope you can make more episodes to talk about Catholicism.

[@dianacarolinaduquemontoya2199]

Wow, didn't think I would hear so much wisdom in this video

[@rose4490]

I have that exact same shirt with the flowers on it that she's wearing. 🤠👍🏻

[@Richie016]

🤎😇

[@bielsabas4407]

So well said, and thank you.

[@aureliomartinez2633]

Your very smart woman when you say that we need to be very patient with them but I'm a human and when they aproch in a way of attacking and ready to fight without not even cross any word not easy to be patient but not impossible God bless

[@katkat2340]

It’s true ppl can invite you to all kinds of cult like things but if you pray before your meal in public you are thought of as a fanatic. Ppl are definitely against our church teachings in a terrible and ignorant and persecuting way. No tolerance for us but for everything else under the sun. Your absolutely right! It’s here and we better wake up and see it for what it is. May we remain humble and loving to all around us a great example .

[@nariko47]

I really enjoyed this video 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@angela6405]

Thanks. I really enjoyed that

[@luluq01]

Apologetics in Hollywood! Well Done!!!

[@tonyvalenzuela5930]

Patience drawn from God’s love for you. That really makes the difference. :)

[@BronxCat]

Smart Lady!!!

[@robertlehnert4148]

Actors in Hollywood who are actually practicing Catholics you may not have known about... Tony Shaloub (Marionite rite) Kate Mulgrew Jim Gafighen Steve Carrell

[@AllysiaRazonMusic]

Robert Lehnert as well as Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Kidman, Steve Carrell, Patricia Heaton, Leah Remini, Martin Sheen, Katie Holmes, and Kelly Ripa. Just to name a few (:

[@jonahkane7027]

Amazing video!! Very wise words in doing evangelization God bless!!

[@scott6504]

How does she have such courage?!

[@charmendro]

Wow this woman is very wise

[@powerliftingcentaur]

My perspective as I listened to this: I am a Catholic who is often hostile to his own religion. So...my reaction? Interesting.

[@deliaceballos7145]

This is a great way!!! I love it 😍

[@snoopy1965]

God blessings and love

[@arinrumi]

From a person grew up in nation where religion is not just our faith, but also our culture. it's actually painful to learn that in other country, people have can't "bring their faith to work" for profesionalism. I don't know if it's connected to this video, but I just have to say that. It's painful!

[@sarahthompsonreining461]

This is the best video I’ve ever watched.

[@PipeChoir]

What an excellent video......

[@jaypal3815]

Christianity is a beautiful thing. It's the members that have an act of being judgmental.

[@liliansanchez746]

PRETTY PLEASE: Could Ms. Nicolosi help with remaking the movie "The Greatest Miracle" -it would be amazing!!!! Edit: really hope she sees this 😇

[@eileen1820]

Really interesting to know this. Fascinating.

[@bethhoward1982]

LOVE THIS

[@PeteSeeker455]

Very wise... Pete D.---

[@PaulDo22]

She gets it. The world needs to be evangelized.

[@claudiacaprin4904]

Nice!

[@Catholic_D.O.G]

🕊✝️🙏❤

[@cacnalesliemartinez]

I love ROBERTO BERNINI / PRODUCER OF GOSPEL OF MATHEW Lorenzo Bernini ARCHITECT OF PART OF ST PETERS “”plaza “”

[@imalive4u169]

Actually I tend to be up front not dodging questions in regards to the faith especially the moral questions. It would be like being ashamed of your faith in truth be being ashamed for being a Christian it would be like denying Christ. Someone asks you about your stance with abortion be truthful in what the Church teaches which is what you believe in. I disagree how she approaches others about the faith. The beginning of the journey is learning the faith which also includes the moral aspects of the faith.

[@alicerobertson699]

She's cool!