{"id":14164,"date":"2025-05-25T09:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14164"},"modified":"2025-05-24T09:48:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T16:48:41","slug":"sharply-growing-catholic-converts-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14164","title":{"rendered":"Sharply growing Catholic Converts in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been noted that for the last few years, the number of people entering the Catholic Church at Easter has been sharply rising<\/a>. It’s not just a one-year, post-covid fluke. Cleveland diocese saw a 50% larger Catechumen class in 2024 than 2023 (465), then about 75% higher number in 2025. Many other diocese are seeing the same trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Diocese across the US are seeing ever-increasing numbers of converts. Even the New York Times reported that young men are flooding to churches of many Christian denominations<\/a> – especially Gen Z men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been noted that for the last few years, the number of people entering the Catholic Church at Easter has been sharply rising. It’s not just a one-year, post-covid fluke. Cleveland diocese saw a 50% larger Catechumen class in 2024 than 2023 (465), then about 75% higher number in 2025. Many other diocese are seeing the same trend. Diocese across the US are seeing ever-increasing numbers of converts. Even the New York Times reported that young men are flooding to…<\/p>\n

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