Scientology’s highest profile couple, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, welcomed a baby girl into their family Tuesday, according to a Cruise spokesperson.

Arnold Robinson said Holmes gave birth to a t pound, 7 ounce girl, which they named Suri.

“Both mother and daughter are doing well,” he said in a statement.

According to the AP, the girl was born in Los Angeles but the exact location was not revealed to media.

This is the first baby for Holmes, 27, and third for the 43-year-old Cruise. Cruise and ex-wife Nicole Kidman have an adopted daughter and son.

The couple caused quite a ruckus as the media made a big deal of a “silent birth,” a tradition in the scientology religion. Nobody in the birth room was allowed to speak while Holmes gave birth. At first, reports said Holmes was not allowed to make noise either, but Cruise denied that claim in an interview with Diane Sawyer last week.

Photographer and reporters waited outside the couple’s house in Beverly Hills. About 12 were waiting just before the birth, and as soon as the birth was announced, that number doubled, and is expected to continued to increase.

Cruise and Holmes have dated since April 2005. They plan to wed this year.






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