Son of Nikki Haley, Nalin, becomes Catholicism

Nalin Haley, son of former American presidential candidate Nikki Haley, was received in the Catholic Church on Palm Sunday.

“As parents, Michael and I always pray for our children to have faith and a relationship with God,” public Nikki Haley on social networks on Sunday.

“Today we are very proud to support Nalin on his path of faith when he was confirmed in the Catholic Church, completed the Rcia and received his first communion,” he said about his son.

Nikki Haley, former United States ambassador to the United Nations and governor of South Carolina, was born and grew up in the SIJ faith, but became Christianity after marrying her husband, Michael Haley, in 1996.

In one interview 2012, Haley said that she and her husband “chose Christianity for how we wanted to live and raise our children. He would have been baptized in a Methodist Church, but has also attended Baptist Churches.

Nalin Haley, 23, graduated in 2024 from the University of Villanova, a Catholic institution. In 2023 and 2024 he distinguished himself by his firm presence in the electoral campaign and his support for his mother. He is the youngest of Haley’s two children. His sister, Rena, 26, is a pediatric nurse.

Nalin was received in the Catholic Church by Fr. Jeffrey Kirby in the parish Our Lady of Grace in Indian Land, South Carolina (United States).

Fr. Kirby also published in social networks To celebrate the entry of Nalin Haley to the Church: “Congratulations to William Nalin Peter, who today was received in the fullness of the Christian faith! Welcome home, Nalin!”

In addition to serving as a pastor in Our Lady of Grace, Fr. Kirby is the presenter of the YouTube channel “Daily Discipleship with Father Kirby”And he is a usual collaborator of National Catholic Registerowned by EWTN, to which ACI Press also belongs.

Translated and adapted by the ACI Press team. Originally published in CNA.