Editing Martin Sheen (section)

== Religious beliefs ==
Sheen is [[Catholic]], having had his faith restored during conversations in [[Paris]] in 1981 with [[Terrence Malick]], director of Sheen's breakthrough film, ''[[Badlands (film)|Badlands]]'' (1973).<ref name=lat/><ref name="progressive"/><ref name="T"/> Sheen stated in a 1983 interview with ''[[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]]'' that he is a Catholic on a "spiritual level" and that he "couldn't care less about [[religion]]."<ref name="Varsity">{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/thevarsity103/page/n489|title=Martin Sheen's Spiritual Journey|first=Aaron|last=Shuster|date=February 4, 1983|work=[[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]] |access-date=December 8, 2021}}</ref> Sheen also stated that he believed in [[reincarnation]].<ref name="Varsity"/>  In an interview in 2023, Sheen said how important is the practice of his Catholic faith in his life: " .. I loved the sacraments — confession and the Eucharist and the Mass were of utmost importance to me. I reunited with that, and I found myself".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pemberton |first=Ryan J. |date=2021-06-23 |title=Why Martin Sheen Returned to Catholicism |url=https://sojo.net/articles/culture-opinion/why-martin-sheen-returned-catholicism |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Sojourners |language=EN}}</ref> He is a supporter of the [[Catholic Worker movement]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Pringle |first=Paul |date=March 25, 2007 |title=Catholic Worker altruism isn't deductible |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-25-me-catholic25-story.html |access-date=May 13, 2013 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>