THE ALTAR WE BURNED
Dressed in robes of pale linen and silver-threaded grace, she spoke of penance, healing, and the renewal of faith not in the church's hierarchy, but in the sacred voice of conscience.
"We believed divinity could be institutionalized," Catherine's voice echoed across stone walls and broken courtyards, "but divinity was never in the golden thrones or relics. It lives in the decision to do what is right, even when it costs everything."
The people cheered—not wildly, but with reverence. It was not a celebration of triumph, but of transformation.
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