{"id":54016,"date":"2025-07-23T13:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=54016"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:25:41","slug":"simone-biles-catholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/simone-biles-catholic\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfEs Simone Biles cat\u00f3lica?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. Simone Biles is Catholic. She was raised in the faith by her grandparents, Ron and Nellie Biles, who adopted her in 2003, and she has said she carries a rosary her mother got for her at church. News reports in 2016 said she lights a candle to St. Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes, before competitions. Her faith came to her through the family that took her in. The grandparents who adopted her are the people she calls &quot;mom\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. Simone Biles was raised Catholic by the grandparents who adopted her, and she carries a rosary from her mother and lights candles to St. Sebastian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-54016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53997,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/catholic-rosary-prayer\/","url_meta":{"origin":54016,"position":0},"title":"How to Pray the Rosary: The Steps, the Prayers and the Mysteries for Each Day","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"julio 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The steps with beads in hand, every prayer in full, and all twenty mysteries with their Scripture and the day each set is prayed.","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian Education\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The dove of the Holy Spirit, in the style of Salvador Dal\u00ed","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00537.webp?fit=900%2C679&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00537.webp?fit=900%2C679&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00537.webp?fit=900%2C679&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00537.webp?fit=900%2C679&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53675,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/is-donald-trump-catholic\/","url_meta":{"origin":54016,"position":1},"title":"Is Donald Trump Catholic?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"junio 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"No. Donald Trump was raised and confirmed Presbyterian, and since 2020 he calls himself a non-denominational Christian. 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