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California college students respond to questions about God, good, and evil.

“Do I really believe this? Did Jesus, the man, exist?”Catholicism is a solid tradition rooted in very concrete historical origins

“Do I really believe this? Did Jesus, the man, exist?”
Catholicism is a solid tradition rooted in very concrete historical origins

Interview on May 28, 2021 with Andy, 25, who is receiving instruction in preparation to enter the Church next Easter.

What is your faith background?

Andy: I went to a Catholic school kindergarten through fifth

Haydn converted as a teenager with his familyFormer church didn't take their departure too well

Haydn converted as a teenager with his family
Former church didn't take their departure too well

Interview on April 22, 2021, with Hadyn from Ventura, California, who entered the Catholic Church in 2015 at age 17.

What is your faith background?

Haydn: My mom grew up

“If I wanted to stay a Christian, I had to become Catholic”Joshua had a crisis of faith while in Protestant seminary

“If I wanted to stay a Christian, I had to become Catholic”
Joshua had a crisis of faith while in Protestant seminary

Interview on March 9, 2021 with Joshua, who entered the Church in 2012 at age 25.

What is your faith background?

Joshua: My parents immigrated from South Korea, so we

Evangelical didn’t know how to answer secular humanistsAfter conversion, Jon's family wondered, "is this a mental health crisis?"

Evangelical didn’t know how to answer secular humanists
After conversion, Jon's family wondered, "is this a mental health crisis?"

Interview on March 5, 2021, with Jon, who entered the Church in 2009 at age 23.

What is your faith background?

Jon: I was raised in an evangelical Christian home.

Lutherans Tomas and Tanja found Catholicism togetherHis was a conversion of the head, hers of the heart: "I cried on the day we converted"

Lutherans Tomas and Tanja found Catholicism together
His was a conversion of the head, hers of the heart: "I cried on the day we converted"

Interview on March 3, 2021, with Tomas and Tanja who entered the Church in 2011 at ages 29 and 28.

What is your faith background?

Tomas: We were both raised

Taylor: “What I wanted was the truth”Marian doctrines, penance, papacy, veneration of the saints were initial obstacles to conversion

Taylor: “What I wanted was the truth”
Marian doctrines, penance, papacy, veneration of the saints were initial obstacles to conversion

Interview on March 2, 2021 with Taylor, 36, who enters the Church this May.

What is your faith background?

Taylor: I was born into a family of traditional Southern Baptists

Nothing attracted born-again Christian to Catholicism until she was invited to MassEarlier in life, Christina was told to join the Democratic Party if she wanted to become Catholic

Nothing attracted born-again Christian to Catholicism until she was invited to Mass
Earlier in life, Christina was told to join the Democratic Party if she wanted to become Catholic

Interview on February 25, 2021, with Christina, who entered the Church in 2013 at age 34.

What was your faith background?

Christina: I was raised very conservative Protestant homeschooler, the

Christian learned to trust the Church through questioningFormer Evangelical says to know your Bible if you want to covert others

Christian learned to trust the Church through questioning
Former Evangelical says to know your Bible if you want to covert others

Interview on February 20, 2021 with Christian, who entered the Church in 2016 at age 20.

En espanol – translated into Spanish and posted on Apr. 23 by ReligionenLibertad (Madrid).

What

Sacredness of Mass made Brianna CatholicPreviously, Communion was Mission tortillas and grape juice

Sacredness of Mass made Brianna Catholic
Previously, Communion was Mission tortillas and grape juice

Interview on February 12, 2021, with Brianna, who entered the Church in 2015 at age 21.

What was your faith background?

Brianna: I grew up in a Protestant non-denominational situation

Catholic convert Dillon grew up as charismatic"Wow, maybe there's something more"

Catholic convert Dillon grew up as charismatic
"Wow, maybe there's something more"

The following interview took place on February 8, 2021, with Dillon, who entered the Church in September 2020 at age 21.

What is your faith background?

Dillon: My family is

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