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Posted on 08/31/2009 8:35:35 PM PDT by Steelfish
August 24, 2009
The Man They Call Mexico's Brad Pitt: Why Eduardo Verastegui Sacrificed A Glittering Hollywood Career For The Peace He Found In God
They call him the Mexican Brad Pitt. But unlike his American counterpart, who famously rejected a Southern Baptist upbringing, Eduardo Verastegui chose to sacrifice a glittering film career after rediscovering his Catholic faith.
Once a Calvin Klein model who smouldered bare-chested opposite J-Lo in a music video, and starred in Hollywood movies, Verastegui's brooding looks and aquamarine eyes attracted thousands of (invariably screaming) female fans.
Today, the 35-year-old actor is a daily Mass-goer, committed to abstaining from sex before marriage, who flies to Darfur to help the starving, provides financial help for women considering abortions and organises house-building missions in Mexico.
“I wasn’t born to be famous, or to be a movie star, but to love and serve Jesus Christ,” the former model and singer once listed as among the top 50 “hottest” Hispanics by People magazine will tell a gathering of young Catholics on his first visit to England this weekend.
Up to 1,500 British teenagers at Youth 2000, a five-day festival of talks, Mass, prayer and dynamic worship similar in style to the World Youth Day encounters between young Roman Catholics and the Pope, will hear Verastegui's dramatic conversion story in the Norfolk shrine of Walsingham on Sunday.
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Bellas was a wonderful movie.
Thank Eduardo!!
Bellas?
Never heard of it.
You are not talking about the abortion movie Bella are you?
Chasing Papi was really good, too. I also watched a couple of the telenovelas he was in, Salomé, Tres Mujeres and Soñadoras. Nothing to write home about but at least one could feast one’s eyes. He should be a huge star by now.
Oh my, finally something for the Ladies. Thank you very much./Just Asking - seoul62......
What a beautiful story. Please, God, let him find a Christian lady who is worthy to be his wife and bring lots of children into the world to be raised Catholic.
I would have the time of my life hitting it - to exhaustion.
He is a very handsome young man, but looks are on the outside. What is on the inside is what truly matters. Apparently this guy has it all!
His anti-Obama spots were the strongest ever. Too bad we lost California’s Latino vote in spite of his efforts.
Bella is a great film.
Oh yes, wow, super yummy!
Of Basque ancestry. In other words, from the same bloodline as Ignatius Loyola and Miguel Unamuno.
I blame Ernesto Guevara-Lynch's leftist radicalism on his Irish, NOT his Basque side.
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