Political provocateur goes from pro-life atheist to full fledged Catholic who embraces motherhood

(LifeSiteNews) — Joining me on the latest episode of The John-Henry Westen Show is Kaitlin Bennett, a conservative content creator with a following of more than one million people across several platforms. 

The primary focus of our discussion was her conversion to Catholicism. From a young age, Bennett’s family had inculcated in her a distrust of Christianity and organized religion. It took the efforts of her husband Justin, a devout Catholic, to help bring her to the faith. 

But Bennett explains that she didn’t convert just because her husband was Catholic, but because she sincerely came to believe in the historical and theological truth of Catholicism. She appreciates that within the long and rich history of the Catholic Church, there’s an “answer for almost any question you have that has either been debated or has been written about.” 

Although she was pro-life as an atheistic conservative, Bennett’s newfound understanding of Catholicism has added significant depth to her pro-life convictions. 

“Being pro-life as an atheist is just lacking. It’s just lacking,” she said. “Why do people have inherent value? Why is it wrong to kill? Why is it wrong to do anything? Where does right and wrong come from?” 

Bennett also shares the news that she is an expectant mother and describes how her pregnancy has drawn her into a deeper relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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John-Henry is the co-founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of LifeSiteNews.com. He and his wife Dianne have eight children and they live in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada.

He has spoken at conferences and retreats, and appeared on radio and television throughout the world. John-Henry founded the Rome Life Forum, an annual strategy meeting for life, faith and family leaders worldwide. He is a board member of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. He is a consultant to Canada’s largest pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and serves on the executive of the Ontario branch of the organization. He has run three times for political office in the province of Ontario representing the Family Coalition Party.

John-Henry earned an MA from the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology and an Honours BA from York University in Psychology.