Franklin Freeman lives in Saco, Maine, with his wife and four children. He has a BA in English from Texas A&M and an MA in English from Northeastern University, and a BA equivalent (no gym) in Philosophy from Our Lady of Grace Seminary. His poetry has appeared in New York Quarterly and Tiger's Eye, his book reviews in America Magazine and Commonweal, among others, and he has a short story forthcoming in St. Katherine's Review.
In one of her letters, Flannery O’Connor noted that many Catholics end up suffering as much or more from the Church itself as from those who oppose it and its…