The causes behind the new Catholic Revival

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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 .
 
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Its a pity. He was a good Irish historian just like you. I thought yis might have crossed paths.
 
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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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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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You're right to disengage Clarke. This autist is like a dog with a bone.

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

What a f*cking grifter 🤣
 
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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.
 
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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 🤣
 
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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.
 
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Gosh I don't think so, I think the Revival is real enough but its early days yet.
 
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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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An article by Mark Oppenheimer. Hmm..

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

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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.
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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.
 

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