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My mother was Protestant, and in her mind life was more about work and obligations and responsibilities.

I just got fed up with the Protestantism that I'd been brought up with being rubbed out, disregarded. There's an awful lot of frailty and doubt about it, which I understand and share, but there are certain things you just have to acknowledge.

Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still go with my mum and dad when I return home - it's a family thing. I played flute in my dad's marching band, but I had an integrated upbringing. We had a lot of Catholic friends.

I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.

I was honestly a Catholic.

I became a Catholic against my will.

I am a Catholic.