LOL -- you were
50 yrs old and had never delved into the faith, on your own, to discover its truth? You simply waited for some "friend" or door-to-door salesman to lead you somewhere? And that now means you are somehow "all knowing" (beyond what centuries of Christ's church taught millions before you were born) of the meaning of the God's Word?
Please. Spare me the waterworks. Your laziness is no virtue, Pope Boanarges.
I was led by my thirst for the TRUTH, nothing more. And that “door-to-door” salesman you refer to and seem to be disparaging, happens to be the Holy Spirit. It was Him whom knocked on my door.