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I was so excited to tell my Sunday School teacher the news. I had done what she had asked and talked to the other kindergartners in my class about Jesus. One of the girls in my class said she knew Jesus too and went to Church every Sunday, just like me! My Sunday School teacher said she was proud of me for talking about Jesus at school and asked what church my friend went to. I didn’t remember, it was a Saint or something. My teachers face went from smiling to serious. Did my friend say she was Catholic? I was nervous to answer, wanting her to be proud of me again and not sure what I had messed up. I nodded. My Sunday school teacher responded with sadness tinged with disgust. Catholics were not REAL Christians. They worshiped idols of Mary and other saints. My friend was not a Christian and was going to hell, she informed me. I remember the sense of sadness and responsibility I felt after that conversation. My friend didn’t FEEL like someone who should go to hell, she loved Jesus and w...