Editing Gary Cooper (section)

===Religion===
Cooper was baptized in the [[Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis]], in Bedfordshire, England, in December 1911,<ref name="meyers-13" /> and was raised in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] in the United States.<ref name="carpozi-205">Carpozi 1970, p. 205.</ref> While he was not an observant Christian for most of his adult life, many of his friends believed he had a deeply spiritual side.<ref name="meyers-293">Meyers 1998, p. 293.</ref>

On June 26, 1953, Cooper accompanied his wife and daughter, who were devout [[Catholic Church|Catholics]], to Rome, where they had an audience with [[Pope Pius XII]].<ref name="carpozi-207">Carpozi 1970, p. 207.</ref><ref name="meyers-266">Meyers 1998, p. 266.</ref> Cooper and his wife were still separated at the time, but the papal visit marked the beginning of their gradual reconciliation.<ref>Carpozi 1970, p. 208.</ref> In the following years, Cooper contemplated his mortality and his personal behavior, and started discussing [[Catholic]]ism with his family.<ref name="meyers-293" /><ref name="carpozi-207" /><ref name="forbes" /> He began attending church with them regularly, and met with their parish priest, who offered Cooper spiritual guidance.<ref name="meyers-293" /><ref name="forbes" /> After several months of study, Cooper was baptized as a Catholic on April 9, 1959, before a small group of family and friends at the [[Church of the Good Shepherd (Beverly Hills, California)|Church of the Good Shepherd]] in Beverly Hills.<ref name="carpozi-205" /><ref name="forbes" />