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by Beth Lopez I was raised Catholic. I remember kneeling beside my mother reciting a decade of the rosary before bed every night.  At 14 I thought of becoming a nun. When I was 16, I realized that the church claimed to have answers to all the important questions but I didn’t believe their answers… Continue reading →

by Margot Overington I was raised in a Catholic family with a Mom who was severely mentally and physically ill.  It was a tough upbringing, and I learned survival techniques at an early age.  I spent 17 years with an abusive mother, a disciplinarian father, and I was badly damaged by the experience.  My mother… Continue reading →