Katie's parents want a Catholic birth for her baby

Katie Holmes’s parents don’t seem to understand how deep their daughter has been sucked in to Scientology. They’re still hoping that TomKat will have a little Christian kitten. According to Star magazine, Holmes’s mother Kathleen recently flew out to Los Angeles from her home in Ohio in hope of convincing her daughter to baptize her child.

Katie grew up in a Roman Catholic home, which likely influenced the actress to make her rumored pledge to stay a virgin until she was married. But, as her pregnancy has proven, all of Katie’s childhood faith went out the window when she met Tom Cruise. Shortly after they began dating, the actress began studying Scientology.

But Kathleen and Katie’s dad, Martin refuse to believe that Katie has given up her Catholic background entirely. They’re hoping she’ll grant their wish to make her child’s birth a partially Catholic experience. A source tells Star that “Katie’s parents want assurances that their religious beliefs will be upheld [during the child’s birth] by having a Catholic priest present.� Martin and Kathleen made the request in response to Tom’s insistence that the birth take place at Scientology site instead of a hospital. “Katie wants to be surrounded by family and close friends after her baby’s birth. But in keeping with Scientology’s rules, Tom wants the baby to be enveloped in a cocoon of quiet and peace the first days of life,� says an insider.