Popular Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, recently shared her reasons for separating herself from Catholicism, her early church.
She made this known in her piece titled ‘Dreaming as a single family’ published in the latest edition of theGiving a brief introduction to her early years in Catholic, Adichie wrote, “I was raised Catholic, on the campus of the University of Nigeria. We attended a love-filled church run by the Spiritan congregation.
“As a teenager, I wore my Catholic identity like a favorite dress, joyfully and reverently. I was a self-styled Catholic apologist, arguing passionately with the Protestant children in defense of such subjects as the Blessed Virgin Mary, tradition, and transubstantiation.” The award-winning writer, who is popularly known for her feminist views, attributed her first sign of alienation to the treatment of females in the church.
“Years later, something changed. My pious passion withered. I remember my first moment of recoil from the church, when a gentle and devout couple was banned from communion because their daughter had married an Anglican.
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