Actress Angelina Jolie was brought up a Catholic: her father, Jon Voight, once played Pope John Paul II in a TV movie and her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, was praised by her daughter for the way she lived her faith.Now, Jolie, who plans to teach her children about all religions, is due to share a radio studio with Cardinal Vincent Nichols on Christmas Day morning. The actress will appear on Clare Balding’s BBC Radio 2 show to talk about her film Unbroken which pays tribute to Olympian Louis Zamperini, a former prisoner of war whose Christian faith was central to his life as he devoted himself to teaching the importance of forgiveness.Both the cardinal and Jolie are involved in work to stop human trafficking and both attended a conference in London earlier this year on sex
11 December 2014, The Tablet
Faith, camera, action
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