Originally published at The Crux
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For many people, their introduction to Jen Fulwiler came when her comedy special appeared on Amazon Prime during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
About ten minutes into Jen Fulwiler: The Naughty Corner, she touches on her conversion to Catholicism.
“I was a lifelong atheist before I became Catholic,” Fulwiler says in her routine, “and when people hear that I chose to join the Roman Catholic Church, they’re like ‘Eh, why?’ … Not just the Catholics!”
Speaking to Crux Now, Fulwiler said she didn’t intend to focus on her faith, but it is what people want.
“I don’t say anything that I think crosses lines,” she said, “I’m just adding a little lightness to Catholic culture and the quirky things about it.”
In many ways, she is the poster child of a Catholic convert woman – married with six kids, often doing work for Catholic institutions, even with her own show on the Catholic Channel at Sirius XM and now her independent podcast, The Jen Fulwiler Show.
“I shared all these deep thoughts and things that I thought were deeply philosophical, but what I heard over and over again was that people
