The assumption seems to be that Matt has always been a devoted and faithful Catholic, even to the point of scrupulosity, but what it that wasn't always the case.
Give me Matt in the orphanage becoming disillusioned with God and Catholicism after Stick left, feeling bitter and in a lot of ways really hating God and feeling like God has never done anything but punish him, or like he's going to hell anyway so what's the point.
Then, give me the story of how the incident with the little girl and her father that led to him becoming Daredevil ended up with him back in the church confessing to Father Lantom and embracing religion again after meeting him, and how this adds to his moral struggle over what to do about Fisk.
+10,000 for Foggy being surprised by Matt's embracing of the Devil iconography and suddenly having a priest because he never really considered that Matt was that religious.
Matt's Relationship with Catholicism and God
Give me Matt in the orphanage becoming disillusioned with God and Catholicism after Stick left, feeling bitter and in a lot of ways really hating God and feeling like God has never done anything but punish him, or like he's going to hell anyway so what's the point.
Then, give me the story of how the incident with the little girl and her father that led to him becoming Daredevil ended up with him back in the church confessing to Father Lantom and embracing religion again after meeting him, and how this adds to his moral struggle over what to do about Fisk.
+10,000 for Foggy being surprised by Matt's embracing of the Devil iconography and suddenly having a priest because he never really considered that Matt was that religious.