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America: Leah Libresco’s journey from atheist to Catholic

America: Leah Libresco’s journey from atheist to Catholic

Last updated on: January 15, 2015 at 1:10 pm by Sean Salai, SJ

America: Leah Libresco’s journey from atheist to Catholic 2015-01-15T13:10:37-08:00 Sean Salai, SJ

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For those who don’t know her, Patheos blogger Leah Libresco is a former atheist blogger and Huffington Post writer who converted to Catholicism in 2012. At that time, she also switched from the Patheos atheist portal to the Patheos Catholic portal, where her blog Unequally Yoked is now very popular among Catholic readers. Leah’s first book, Arriving at Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers that Even I Can Offer, is now due from Ave Maria Press in May.

A Washington D.C.-based school systems analyst and editorial assistant for the American Conservative, Leah graduated from Yale in 2011 with a B.A. in political science. She has also written for First Things magazine. Her unique perspective as a former militant atheist, raised in an atheist family on Long Island, makes her journey to Catholicism even more compelling.

For a Q&A on the America website, I recently had the privilege of interviewing Leah about her conversion and the ongoing experience of her new faith. Check out the America interview at this page and see if something resonates.

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