Famous Religious Conversions Clare Boothe Luce

About the famous religious convert Clare Boothe Luce what religion she converted from and to and why.

RENOWNED RELIGIOUS CONVERTS

CLARE BOOTHE LUCE, U.S., 1903-.

Author, playwright, actress, congresswoman, and diplomat, she was the second woman ambassador in American history, and the first assigned to a major world power (Italy).

From: Baptist Church.

To: Roman Catholicism.

Why: Luce's daughter was killed in a car accident the same day that they had prayed together in a Catholic church. Luce said that she wanted to rediscover the goodness of God and obtain forgiveness for her sins, so she joined the Roman Catholic Church after receiving instruction from Fulton J. Sheen.