I recently saw the movie Spotlight and am as shaken as I was when the Church scandal broke. The film is riveting. I remain a practicing Catholic–we attend Mass and had our children baptized–because my belief in God transcends anything human. Catholicism is the conduit. In 2006, the SF Chronicle magazine published my essay “The Faithful,” about growing up Catholic, and my family’s response to the revelations. In case you want to read it, here’s the link.