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I was raised Catholic.

I was raised in a nominal Roman Catholic home, but without any really strong faith there.

I was raised Catholic at a time when Vatican II was just taking hold.

Both my parents are Catholic and staunch believers. I'm not a Catholic now, but I still carry part of it with me.

I'm a Catholic by background. I was raised in Goa, a part of India that was visited by Portuguese missionaries a few hundred years ago, which explains my last name.

I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.

I had grown up in a privileged, upper-caste Hindu community; and because my father worked for a Catholic hospital, we lived in a prosperous Christian neighborhood.

I am a Catholic.

My mother converted to Catholicism to marry my father.

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.