Religion & Spirituality

Reader Stories: Why I Left the Catholic Church—and Why I Returned to Catholicism

Many of us, myself included, have been there. At some point in our lives, we left the Catholic Church, either deliberately or simply through neglect. For those of us who have come back, however, we have learned the truth of the old saying: Once a Catholic, always a Catholic.

Have you left the Catholic Church but since returned? Please share your reversion story with the other readers of the About.com GuideSite to Catholicism. Your story may help and inspire others who have left the Catholic Church to return to Catholicism.

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