Priest says true love looms for Kidman and Urban

By Michael Perry

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman, who
will marry country singer Keith Urban this weekend in Sydney,
may have at last found true love, said the Catholic priest who
will perform the ceremony.

Jesuit Father Paul Coleman, who met the couple this week to
discuss their marriage expected on Sunday, said he had a “good
feeling about their chances.”

Coleman said Kidman, 39, and Urban, 38, had a “mature
love.”

“You’ve got to rely on their maturity and knowledge of each
other and I’m impressed,” the priest told Australian media on
Friday.

Coleman said he would lecture the couple on the secret of
keeping love alive. “Make time for each other, do romantic
things together and never part without kissing,” he said.

Kidman, who won a 2002 Academy Award for her role in the
film “The Hours,” had a very public divorce from actor Tom
Cruise in 2001, ending their 10-year marriage. The two have
remained friends, sharing custody of their two adopted
children.

Kidman and Urban, both Australians but born overseas, met
in 2005 at an awards dinner held by the Australian government
in Los Angeles honoring the two of them.

They arrived in Sydney on Monday, saying they were to
marry, sparking a paparazzi frenzy to gain a photograph of the
couple and discover their wedding venue.

Kidman installed security at her Sydney harborside home,
but has remained accessible, delivering a daily photo
opportunity. She and Urban even sent the paparazzi case of cold
beer.

But the paparazzi have not been so friendly toward each
other, with two photographers fighting outside a Sydney
children’s hospital Kidman was visiting.

WEDDING VENUE?

By Friday, most media outlets had agreed the venue must be
Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel inside the old St Patrick’s
Catholic seminary overlooking Manly Beach.

The reason? A large white marquee had been erected during
the week. But there was no official confirmation.

What was revealed was that the wedding will be a simple
affair. “It’s a simple Catholic marriage and will not be overly
long. It will be inside an hour,” said Coleman, who has been a
friend of the Kidman family for 30 years.

“It will be the traditional prayers, quite simple, but very
sincere,” Coleman told The Australian newspaper.

The Sydney Morning Herald said a source close to the
wedding had revealed that the statuesque blonde Kidman’s dress
would be minimalist, white, with a hint of old-world romance.

The Australian newspaper said a Sydney Symphony Orchestra
quartet would play as Kidman walked down the aisle, while The
Daily Telegraph said Urban would serenade his new wife.

Urban won a Grammy in 2005 for best male country vocal
performance on the song “You’ll Think of Me.”

Guests include Naomi Watts, star of King Kong and long-time
Kidman friend, X-Men star Hugh Jackman’s wife Deborra-Lee
Furness, and possibly Russell Crowe. Kidman’s children,
Isabella, 13, and Connor, 11, will be bridesmaid and usher.