Hey, Oropia -
This is Marauder, the author. :) I just wanted to point out that if you'd kept reading the fic (I got the impression you didn't finish all the posted chapters), you would have found out that the Blacks were pretty much horrible Christians-in-name-only who only ended up with any sort of religion because one of them nearly died and started freaking out about the possibility of an afterlife. Also, while Sirius is Catholic in this fic, I never say or allude that it's because his family was also Catholic.
As for "no basis in canon," Sirius is Harry's godfather and I think it's a pretty reasonable conclusion that he, James and Lily probably belonged to some type of Christian religion. And if you have to be a wizard to be a ghost when you die and the Fat Friar is a ghost, it seems that there are indeed Christian wizards in canon, even if the implications of that aren't explored.
Anyway, I'm glad you thought the fic was well-written. :)
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Good at first
The fic overall is well-written, and the changed relationships between the characters given the different situation are very well thought-out. The developing relationship between Harry and Sirius, the dynamics of Sirius as a professor, the portrayal of a Sirius who never went to Azkaban, and the hints of past Sirius/Remus were all realistic and well-done, especially in terms of emotional character development. However, I must admit to getting soured on this story when the author started throwing in references to Christianity in the wizarding world in ways that had no basis in canon, and served no discernable purpose in advancing the plot or enriching the narrative. Also, pureblood wizarding families that are well-known blood supremacists being legitimately Christian was a very hard pill for me to swallow, and the idea of Sirius identifying as a Catholic because his family identified as such was one that I found cringe-worthy. The story starts to bog down at the very first mention of "church" and "magic" in the same sentence, but up to that point it's definitely worth the read.