And I think that is the one thing that is most amazing. How Christianity has found its way in every part of the world. And nothing to me is more touching than to see someone that is lost in the world, come to Christ and have a transformed moment. You see that so often in the evangelical churches and Christ Fellowship. I have tremendous appreciation for that and I celebrate it.

In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, Sen. Marco Rubio explains how he transitioned from being part of the Mormon Church to Catholicism along with a healthy dose of evangelical Christianity along the way, too.

It is a fascinating look from someone who could be the next vice president of the United States or even president of the United States someday.

David Brody: I was reading the book, so you’re what is it second grade, third grade you’re reading church doctrine for goodness sake in third grade. What’s that about? Who reads church doctrine?

Marco Rubio: You know what happened, I was always interested in religion. I was always interested in my spiritual life and from a very young age was attending the Catholic Church. And then, when we moved to Las Vegas my mom was looking for a family friendly environment to raise us in. I know that sounds funny to say that Las Vegas is family friendly. But back then it was a much smaller place, certainly much smaller than Miami was.

So we were living there, and I had three aunts living there. One of them was very much involved in the LDS Church. And my mom just kind of loved the family friendly environment that the church created for her and her kids and that’s why we started going. My dad never really bought in, but my mom, and I understood the church’s doctrine about as well as an 8-year-old can, an 8 or 9-year-old.

And then about around the time I was in sixth grade, I had a friend of mine who was a Catholic, and I don’t know why, but I started researching Catholicism again and just got called back to it and felt called back to it and got back to the church, and that’s where I was for much of my life.

And then in my early-to-mid 30’s, I got really busy with politics and my wife found this fantastic church down in Miami called Christ Fellowship. At that time it was First Baptist Church, and then she started going, and my sister was going, my parents were going. My kids loved to go. And not only did I lose spiritual leadership in my home, but beyond it we found this really great church home and it became kind of our church home, and it’s still the place that we have a very strong relationship with. They’re great teachers of the written Word, I mean just a fantastic job that they do, and their Children’s ministry is A+, and that’s really important to me.

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