I see no expression of regret at all in the interview regarding having 3 children before his wife could organise her baptism, fit into her wedding dress, and he could fit it in between movies.

Look, I’ll admit he says many fine things about responsibility as a parent and husband, and he may be a far better man than me for his good works.

But there is no doubt at all that the Catholic Church has been undergoing a long running crisis in terms of its authority on teaching about matters sexual.

It appears to me that he embodies this, and as such, I don’t understand why conservative Catholics are impressed that he is “out” about his religion.

I’d like to think that St. Paul might be welcome in
the Church today.

Can’t someone come to faith from a place of sin without having his faith questioned?

“Although Rhea and he have been in a committed relationship since 2001, it was only in August 2009 that they made their wedding vows at the church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. The reason for this, he says, was not lack of the will but simple logistics.

“Rhea grew up Baptist but she wanted to be baptised and confirmed as Catholic before we got married, which took some time. Also, we wanted to get married here in California but we wanted Fr Flavin from Boston to do it, so we had to work out that timing. Then there were my movie commitments. Then Rhea got pregnant and she didn’t want to do it when she was bigger so we had to wait till the dress fitted again… it was a number of factors really.” ”

OK, he’s not the first Mass going Catholic to have been living in a de facto relationship before getting married. But really: he’s a walking advertisement for the Catholic laity who now thinks the Church’s traditional teaching about sexual relationships outside of marriage is sort of an optional extra.

If you read the Bible you should consider the words of our Lord: “The measure with which you measure will be measured back to you.” Mark Wahlberg did nothing but profess his faith and rather than be thankful that someone is willing to witness to his faith in Christ you use it as an opportunity to question whether he even has faith. NO ONE has lived a life worthy of being called a Christian – not me, not you. It’s true that just because someone is Catholic doesn’t necessarily mean they do a very good job at following the Lord, but the same could be said about those who read the Bible. Try assuming the best of people rather than the worst.