From Breitbart: The number of people, primarily young adults, converting to Catholicism is on the rise across the United States, and one church leader said it is because there is a longing for something only faith can answer.
A report in April said waves of young people were flocking to Catholic Churches across the nation, and months later the Vatican news agency Fides shared statistics showing a boom in the Catholic populations of Asia and Africa.
Another report in May found that more and more young people in America and other western countries were embracing Christianity after a Pew Research poll found its decline in America appeared to have slowed, according to Breitbart News.
Bishop Robert Barron told Fox News there was a record number of adult converts in 2025 and this year.
“So, it’s a trend that’s visible all over the church, and it’s certainly been true in my diocese,” he said.
U.S. Christian/gospel music also experienced a surge in 2025.
“The growth defies some reports that have previously claimed Christianity is on the decline in America,” Fox reported.
Barron said adults are saying they are “hungry for truth.”
“St. Augustine said, ‘Lord, you’ve made us for yourself, and therefore our heart is restless till it rests in you,’ and that remains true. There’s a longing in the heart that can’t be satisfied by anything in this world, and so religion speaks to that,” he said.
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