Palin left the Catholic denomination and has never returned.
Governor Palin is a non-denominational Christian, and a deliberate, non-Catholic.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/09/gop-2012-hopefuls-on-what-they-are-giving-up-for-lent/#
“I do observe Lent, and my family and I have traditionally sacrificed something during these weeks leading up to Easter Sunday. When I was growing up, my Irish Catholic grandfather would remind me that sacrifices offered up during Lent are to be like tithing — if you advertise your ‘sacrifice’ and tithe then you negate any spiritual gains. (Or maybe he’d say that because he didn’t want us to know what he gave up!)”
Palin is a protestant, but she told TheDC that her “Catholic baptism and Catechism classes have stuck with me internally.”
*****************
A child goes to Catechism classes in elementary school. Nice to see that some of her Catholic faith stuck with her. Maybe one day she’ll see the light and come back to the fullness of the faith. It is not her fault that her parents left the faith.