And at one point I started to cry, and he said, oh, Anna Kate, I'm so sorry, was I not gentle enough?

Like, did I, did I say something that was over the line?

And I said, no, no, you were great.

I'm not upset about that.

I'm upset because I think I'm wrong.

Hmm. Welcome to this special edition of Loopcast, where we cover all things faith, culture, and politics from a Catholic perspective.

I'm joined today by Anna Kate Howell.

Her Twitter handle is at R.C. Anna Kate, and I'll put that in the show notes.

Make sure you follow her.

She has some great content, and she's known colloquially as Anna Kate who loved God late.

She's a native of South Carolina and a convert to the Catholic faith from Episcopalianism.

And she has two cats named Mocha and Rowan.

They are headed to Steubenville, Ohio, this fall where she'll begin Master of Arts in Theology

at Franciscan University.

So Anna Kate, welcome to the show. Hi, I'm glad to be here.

Thanks for joining us. So June is here and we are in the thick of Rainbow Pride Month and

you've been very open on social media and about your own struggles with same-sex attraction

and also about your deep love of God

and the Catholic faith, which a lot of our culture tells us are two things that don't go together.

So I was wondering if you could start off with us, just telling us a little bit about your conversion

story.

You told me, you converted to Catholicism, quote,

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