A few hours before Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash, the NBA legend went to church and prayed. Bryant was quiet about his faith but 'certainly a man of faith,' Father Steve Sallot recalled.
He visited Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Newport Beach, California early Sunday morning ahead of the 7 a.m. mass, according to Father Steve Sallot."We shook hands, I saw that he had blessed himself because there was a little holy water on his forehead," Sallot told CNN affiliate KCBS/KCAL. Bryant, 41, and his family were regulars at the Newport Beach church, praying along with hundreds of other parishioners during mass and never trying to attract attention to themselves.
" "A longtime Orange County resident and parishioner in our Diocese, Kobe would frequently attend Mass and sit in the back of the church so that his presence would not distract people from focusing on Christ's Presence," the bishop said in the post.It was minutes before the first Sunday mass, when Sallot crossed paths with Bryant. He had visited the prayer chapel and was on his way out when he briefly spoke with his priest.
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