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When Reverent Catholics Are Treated Like Strangers

When Reverent Catholics Are Treated Like Strangers

Why reverent Catholics feel exiled, and why both sides need to stop fighting

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Jeff Putnam
Jun 04, 2025
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When I came into the Catholic Church, I didn’t do it because I wanted to join a faction. I didn’t sign up for a culture war or a liturgical battle. Like most converts, I was looking for the truth. I came to the Church because I had become convinced through study, prayer, and grace that Catholicism is true. And where there is truth, there is also obligat…

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