Pope Leo urges calm as Trump escalates his war on the truth — but I can't do it

Pope Leo urges calm as Trump escalates his war on the truth — but I can't do it

I’m not a religious person. Catholic schools, and my mom’s reliance on Catholicism as a surrogate for normal things like grocery shopping, complicated my relationship with the church.We moved to Southern Indiana when I was about 9, and my mom was going through some stuff. She enrolled us at St. Benedict’s Catholic school down the street, where daily lunches compensated for my dirt-crusted uniform. In those years we enjoyed one family trauma afte…