Young people should be looking for ways not only to care for our elders, but to dialogue, have fun, and simply inhabit spaces with them.
Youth
Fighting cancer with a poem by my 8-year-old daughter
Throughout the year, Charlotte’s handmade creations had communicated love and support during my journey with cancer.
Pope Leo tackles depression, domestic violence and the ‘cult of self-image’ in dialogue with young people
At a prayer vigil with 40,000 young people in Barcelona’s Olympic stadium, Pope Leo engaged in a dialogue with three young people.
Latinos are leaving the U.S. Catholic Church in droves. Pope Leo could bring them back.
It is precisely Pope Leo’s ability to speak English, along with his identification with Latin America, that could help the U.S.-born pope stem the exodus of U.S. Latinos from the church.
To serve young Latinos, the church needs a new playbook
If we hope to engage young Latinos, we must ask: Are we trying to provide answers to questions they are not asking, or are we listening to them?
Does the Gen-Z religious revival live up to the hype?
This week on “Jesuitical,” what the numbers actually tell us about the Gen-Z religious revival, with religion stats and graphs guru Ryan Burge
Gallup: Young men are an ‘emerging exception’ among ‘low ebb’ of religiosity in US
An increasing number of the nation’s young men say religion is “very important” in their lives, marking a return to levels seen 25 years ago, and edging them ahead of young women on the issue.
The Holy Spirit on the move: On the growing religious participation of Gen Z
Any revival might play out over a long period, just as the decline did. Our job is to accompany young adults who are hungry for faith.
Is there a Catholic revival? Pope Leo seems to think so.
While research points to skepticism regarding a possible Catholic “revival”—following years of steady decrease in the number of faithful as parents struggle to pass down the faith to the new generations—some recent data and reports from Catholic dioceses have suggested growth in some pockets of Catholicism worldwide.
Why one diocese radically changed its approach to Confirmation
In 2025 the Archdiocese of Baltimore changed the confirmation age from between 14 and 16 to the age of 9. Can the move combat rising rates of disaffiliation?
