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Chris Pratt Reflects on Faith and Fatherhood in The Sunday Paper Essay

In a first-person piece for Maria Shriver’s The Sunday Paper, the actor describes a neonatal crisis that shaped his faith.

Overview

  • Pratt writes that he was baptized Catholic and grew up moving between Catholic, Lutheran and Evangelical churches.
  • He recounts returning to prayer when his son Jack was in intensive care as a newborn and pledging to share God’s message if Jack survived.
  • Jack was born prematurely and hospitalized for about a month, and Pratt says his son is now a healthy 13-year-old.
  • Pratt says he thanks God daily for his children and expresses compassion for parents whose prayers go unanswered.
  • The essay situates his reflections within his family life, noting he shares Jack with ex-wife Anna Faris and has three younger children with wife Katherine Schwarzenegger.