* I just noticed I didn’t practice mindfulness and did not attempt to answer your question (better be mindful later than never, then):

Your last question: no similar thoughts or feelings on my part because I am not struggling in regard to religion.

As to your first question: “Why is it that I am catholic but interested more in the philosophy of buddhism?”

My answer: because underneath the Catholic in you there is a person born with no religion stamped on your forehead or imprinted in your genes. Then you got to know your family, but you are not a carbon copy of anyone else, really, having your own individual brain, born free to THINK and BELIEVE.

anita