Growing up in the underground Soviet Church.
This amazing Catholic bishop grew up Catholic under Soviet communism with Priests were hidden in homes where secret prayer meetings were organised in private. Children learned the faith underground while atheism was taught in schools.
For Bishop Athanasius Schneider, persecution didn't weaken faith—it strengthened it. And he says the greatest gift of his life was being raised in a family that refused to surrender to an atheist regime. 👇 Could Western Christians learn something from believers who had to risk everything for their faith?
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