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(3,315 posts) Fri Apr 10, 2026, 12:37 PM Friday

Conversion to Catholism is suddenly "cool"? [View all]

Interesting article in the Washington Post today.....

"Why Catholic converts are surging with an unexpected demographic" - For a growing segment of young people, religion is rebellion."

"Submission to the pope is rebellion against the man, at least in professional-class precincts. As a book editor recently told me, being Catholic seemed like “the most punk-rock thing I could do.”.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/10/catholic-converts-young-tiktok-instagram/

(Whaddya think?)

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Conversion to Catholism is suddenly "cool"? [View all] some_of_us_are_sane Friday OP

Lordy lordy. Everyone wants to cool and edgy. Redleg Friday #1

My Wild West family's religion was "Not Mormon." hunter Friday #8

LOL. Sounds familiar Redleg Friday #56

I want to be different just like EVERYONE ELSE underpants Friday #52

Good grief. Irish_Dem Friday #2

Still isn't for me Mz Pip Friday #5

Yep. I left the church when they banned birth control in 1968. Irish_Dem Friday #6

Me, too Mz Pip Friday #11

Same here. Irish_Dem Friday #15

I understand some_of_us_are_sane Friday #18

During Confirmation I asked why there were no women in the holy trinity, & the pastor was stunned silent. CrispyQ Friday #54

We were very oppressed when I was growing up. ananda Friday #9

Yes what are people thinking? Irish_Dem Friday #13

Exactly! some_of_us_are_sane Friday #19

He's totally moving in the right direction so I can forgive him for being a White Sox fan, Brother Buzz Friday #47

LMAO! some_of_us_are_sane Friday #48

LOL. I like this pope too. ananda Friday #49

Good observation! some_of_us_are_sane Friday #62

Good observation! some_of_us_are_sane Friday #63

Lol me too! Faux pas Friday #36

Well, It Helps Deep State Witch Friday #3

It is profoundly not punk rock. maxsolomon Friday #4

Yes, maxsolomon some_of_us_are_sane Friday #17

After 12 years of Catholic education some_of_us_are_sane Friday #7

I was born Catholic. OC375 Friday #10

I'd say some_of_us_are_sane Friday #27

Oye Vey! Dawson Leery Friday #12

I agee about the last two fellas some_of_us_are_sane Friday #25

"Julia Yost is a senior editor of First Things magazine" LOL. The magazine for right wing idiots muriel_volestrangler Friday #14

"RWer assigned to insert Bezos's nose up Vance's ass for a change"... some_of_us_are_sane Friday #20

2 of the NYT's Conservative Op-Ed writers are pushing this narrative too. maxsolomon Friday #24

LOL!!! some_of_us_are_sane Friday #28

Yes, thank you. I was just composing a reply that had the same info. Ilikepurple Friday #55

Yep. "First Things" is infamous for its "sedition symposium"... keep_left Friday #57

Yep. The Catholic Church in the U.S.A. is divided along political lines... hunter Friday #61

meh, it's easy to be catholic when you don't have to go to catholic school. LOL Javaman Friday #16

ROFL!!! Yeah, they'll miss the film strips of sinners burning in hell as Satan laughs. 50 Shades Of Blue Friday #32

With Frances first, followed by Leo as Popes, it's possible. Baitball Blogger Friday #21

Agreed some_of_us_are_sane Friday #29

The op-ed author is a far right Catholic who thought Francis was awful muriel_volestrangler Friday #51

That reads like the whining and crying after GenThePerservering Friday #60

"religion is rebellion". HEY DNC, Be REVOLUTIONARY. Put down your shrimp cocktail and LEARN. usonian Friday #22

This actually never occurred to me. You might be on to something. Scrivener7 Friday #26

I read too many accounts of young people being conned into thinking that Trump was the rebel who would rescue America. usonian Friday #35

CORRECT ON ALL COUNTS, usonian! some_of_us_are_sane Friday #41

THAT was a big part of it some_of_us_are_sane Friday #31

Wait till they hear about those chastity and obedience and mass every Sunday things. Scrivener7 Friday #23

Aw... they'll be like most "Christmas and Easter Catholics" some_of_us_are_sane Friday #33

Tithes... mr715 Friday #46

And fetching red beanies! Scrivener7 Friday #58

If you want second-class status sure Starbeach Friday #30

Get to be.... some_of_us_are_sane Friday #34

"Submission to the pope is rebellion against the man..." LMAO Solly Mack Friday #37

PERFECT REPLY! some_of_us_are_sane Friday #39

I don't understand this line. "The man" or "the Man"? They generally mean two different things. Ilikepurple Friday #40

That's because some_of_us_are_sane Friday #42

Want the trappings without the substance? Have I got a deal for you ... JustABozoOnThisBus Friday #53

I'm certain it is not "the man" as in "You the man". Solly Mack Friday #44

It isn't cool. mr715 Friday #38

It's like some_of_us_are_sane Friday #43

Nothing says cool like waking up early on a Sunday mr715 Friday #45

If they ever go back to Latin masses, I'll return Dave says Friday #50

I know what you mean.......... some_of_us_are_sane Friday #64

"Religion Poisons Everything"- Hitchens duckworth969 Friday #59