The causes behind the new Catholic Revival

Tiger said:
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Traditional Catholicism, the new ‘cool’ for young Americans - Catholic Herald

The incense is rising again. Not just in Gothic cathedrals or Latin Mass enclaves—but in the hearts of young Americans who, against every cultural current, are swimming upstream toward Catholicism. It’s a phenomenon that baffles secular elites and liberal Protestants alike. How, in this age of...
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Traditional Catholicism, the new ‘cool’ for young Americans​


June 6, 2025 at 10:45 am
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The incense is rising again.

Not just in Gothic cathedrals or Latin Mass enclaves—but in the hearts of young Americans who, against every cultural current, are swimming upstream toward Catholicism. It’s a phenomenon that baffles secular elites and liberal Protestants alike. How, in this age of deconstruction and digital nihilism, could the Church of hierarchy, ritual, and confession be considered—of all things—cool?

Yet it is. Quietly, steadily, and then suddenly. The Latin Mass is trending. Catechisms are bookmarked. Young adults are quoting Aquinas in the same breath as Camus. It’s not ironic. It’s not aesthetic. It’s not cosplay. It’s a revolt against rootlessness.

Because what looks like a religious revival is also a cultural rebellion.

We were told the future would be limitless, utterly empowering. We were told we’d be happiest with fewer rules, fewer roles, fewer traditions. Just vibes.

But the experiment failed. We’re lonelier. Sicker. Spiritually starved. In place of meaning, we got algorithms. In place of transcendence, we got TikTok therapy. And beneath the saccharine haze of self-care, many young people feel the gnawing presence of something missing.

Catholicism offers what the modern world cannot: structure. Discipline. Mystery. It doesn’t whisper that you’re perfect just the way you are. It demands transformation. It demands submission—to something older, wiser, and greater than you.

To be Catholic is to live inside a story. A two-thousand-year-old, blood-soaked, gold-threaded, world-shaping story. It has martyrs and miracles. Saints and scoundrels. Architecture that makes you weep. A God who became man. A carpenter who suffered for your sins. A virgin mother crowned in heaven. Try fitting that into a 15-second Instagram reel.

For young Americans raised on Marvel movies and deconstructionist memes, the sheer audacity of Catholicism is intoxicating. It doesn’t hedge its bets or dilute its claims. It says: This is the Body. This is the Blood. This is the Truth.

And young people, weary of euphemisms and moral relativism, are saying: Amen.
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that is an excellent post --i have re read it and it very well written-- a lot of honesty a lot of critical thinking - no ego .
 
Bocht, did you ever come across a man called Steve Dunford from Mayo?
 
Its a pity. He was a good Irish historian just like you. I thought yis might have crossed paths.
 
Tommy Robinson is convinced there's a revival (he's talking about an overall Christian revival not Catholic per se).

He said he's seen young men from all over England rediscovering the faith.

Maybe there's something to this after all Bocht.
 
Myles O'Reilly said:
Tommy Robinson is convinced there's a revival (he's talking about an overall Christian revival not Catholic per se).

He said he's seen young men from all over England rediscovering the faith.

Maybe there's something to this after all Bocht.
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Only, The Christians will Fight Islam ! ! !
 
You're right to disengage Clarke. This autist is like a dog with a bone.

He needs signing in to be perfectly honest.
 
"I hear you're a Christian now, Tommy"

What a f*cking grifter 🤣
 
The thing is, Bocht and his freak mates won't want anything to do with their religion's revival because apparently its not part of their particular strand of their own fu*king religion.

Tiger and Bocht, you pair of muppets! Your own religion is being revived across the World but you're not interested!

What a pair of lúdramáns.
 
lol All of a sudden the Tommytard is riled up about @Tiger's and @scolairebocht's sectarianism because... Tommeh ain't no Catholic, bruv

That guy is a fucking idiot 🤣
 
Myles O'Reilly said:
The thing is, Bocht and his freak mates won't want anything to do with their religion's revival because apparently its not part of their particular strand of their own fu*king religion.

Tiger and Bocht, you pair of muppets! Your own religion is being revived across the World but you're not interested.
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Neither am l.
 
Gosh I don't think so, I think the Revival is real enough but its early days yet.
 
Esatdigiwank said:
I have zero interest in the revival of Catholicism. I’m not a holy joe.
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Fair play to you for speaking out on an ultra Catholic site the Antichrist!

In fairness, Joes like @Tiger and Bocht must be rather off-putting. I personally don't find adults whose entire worldview and reality revolves around a (man-invented) religion appealing, even if I do feel a little sorry for them
 
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Tiger said:
An article by Mark Oppenheimer. Hmm..

Do you only read and promote Jewish writers Tank?
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No.

crisismagazine.com

Catholics Are Rapidly Losing Ground

By Eric Sammons - A new survey shows that for every 100 new Catholics, more than 800 people leave the Church. As bad as that is, the news is actually worse when we look more closely at the numbers. Radical changes are needed.
crisismagazine.com crisismagazine.com

www.christiantoday.com

A word of caution about the 'Quiet Revival' in the UK

The claim that this is the biggest, best revival yet is hyperbolic wishful thinking.
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Interesting that they have to address this revival now, before that they ignored it or claimed it didn't exist. Now that they recognise it they paint it as an evangelical bible belt thing, because it would be too much altogether to admit Catholicism is coming back.

But even Kirk himself admitted that this is mostly a Catholic revival.
 
Myles O'Reilly said:
Bocht Tommy says its a COE revival in England. I'm not sure that's true. The COE is so cucked that it might as well be an LGBT revival.
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I am pretty darn sure that the Church of England doesn't believe in God or any of the teachings of the Church of England ! ! !
 
scolairebocht said:
Interesting that they have to address this revival now, before that they ignored it or claimed it didn't exist. Now that they recognise it they paint it as an evangelical bible belt thing, because it would be too much altogether to admit Catholicism is coming back.

But even Kirk himself admitted that this is mostly a Catholic revival.
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its more complex than you think .
my wife is retiring this year as a primary teacher -- her school is unusual in that it has two orchestras and many other attributes and generally beat the opposition in hurling and other sports .
its success is an combination of unusually talented and committed teachers who drive excellence and seek it out as opposed to people who refer to themselves as teachers and are members of an union firstly to defend their own interests and are disturbed by anyone with a vocation or religion --both now seen as fundamentalism .
it is the school of choice for the surgeons and barristers and solicitors and the wealthy and also the christian and non christian Indian community who are ruthless in their pursuit of education.
the school unusually has also pupils whos parents sold their homes to move to the parish in order to enroll their children .
they recently had a mass and it is a 1000 pupil co ed school and for the first time MOST of the children could not make the responses at mass --much to the shock and exasperation of the priest .
in the discussion afterwards the following points were made --the school is a CATHOLIC primary school,
most of the parents do not attend mass and therefore their children do not attend mass.
most of the parents use the catholic church for ceremonial purposes -births deaths marriages -however it is used mainly to give status to the birth or marriage or funeral .
a decision has been made by the elite that they will fight tooth and nail and use any influence they can to get their children INTO THIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE but the christian aspect to the school holds no importance to these highly educated and highly motivated parents - this is the core of the dilemma.
our media is largely to blame as this woke liberalism seeks to cast Catholics and Christians as being primitives and un christian as they dont embrace the LGBT+++++++ and to favour any CHRISTIAN religion is painted as extremism and fascist.
how we extricate ourselves from in your face communism i do not know -but huge resources have been spent worldwide to eradicate and confuse Christianity and the only worldwide - dedicated and resourced source for this is unavoidably Zionism .
 
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I have two words for him and it ain’t Merry Christmas
 
I think Declan is referring there to Archbishop Martin.

Give a fella a chance will you Myles, its a full time job being a Catholic these days!

Yes you will get a lot of that in the modern Catholic Church, some clerics mysteriously echo government talking points these days, as we saw during Covid for example. Not long ago I attended a mass for a saint which brought in a guest speaker for the main homily, which was to be on that saint. Actually he said hardly anything about him but we got the whole anti-racism line though.

Of course the Catholic Church is heavily infiltrated by the Globalists, somebody like Archbishop Vigano talks about that for example, because everything nowadays is, but anyway I think Archbishop Eamonn Martin is one of our better occupants of that post than we have had recently. For example we have had a quiet takeover by the state of countless institutions that were paid for and built up by the Irish Catholic community to serve Irish Catholics, not a Communist state, over centuries, whether it be schools, hospitals, colleges, even manuscript collections, frequently on the basis of supposed abuse cases, all of which are hyped to the gills and some completely made up. And yet, as far as I can recall, not one member of the hierarchy, and hardly even one priest, has ever said one word against this Henry VIIIth style takeover, except now Archbishop Martin has spoken against it.

This revival, small as it is so far, has nothing at all to do with some new celebrity bishop or even priest emerging who has revived everything, far from it. Its just people praying, trying to follow the 10 commandments and rediscovering the ancient wisdom of the likes of St Thomas Aquinas (who was no great fan of mass immigration).

Its small beginnings but we are getting there I believe!
 
Going slightly off topic but Aul Lad have you found that those elitist types are also very eager to enrol their kids in Gaelscoileanna for the prestige aspect?
 
I went along with all the liberal nonsense for years. But I cannot deny the evidence all around: Divorce, feminism,contraception, abortion and anal sex are stupid and dangerous habits. We should discourage these very strongly, not promote them.

Christianity is heavily infiltrated, but that does not detract from the ideas. Critics say that many elements of Christianity were in earlier religions, and this is true. But the Whipping (of the the Jews) in the Temple is a unique event and we should re-enact it outside the Holocaust Remembrance ceremony in Dublin this month.

Some Jews and some Muslims and some Pagano-Atheists strongly dislike Jesus. The more we publicly celebrate his life and deeds, the more inclined these people will be to fuck off back to where they came from.

Displaying a chunky Cross is both a declaration of defiance and a useful self defence tool.

I've been on a couple of public Rosaries and it gave me strength and hope. The great Pagano-Christian ritual of climbing Croagh Patrick attracts many tens of thousands and is an inspiring day out.

Beir Bua!
 
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