Friends, there has been a noticeable rise in Catholic conversions recently, especially among young people. What’s the cause of it? And how does the New Atheist movement play into it? Matt Petrusek and I discuss these questions and more in this week’s episode of the Word on Fire Show.

00:00 | Introduction
01:20 | Concluding Bishop Barron’s first diocesan synod
03:18 | Growing interest in Catholicism
08:45 | Men and Catholic interest
11:50 | Considering our recent isolations
14:08 | The rise and decline of wokeism
17:10 | Attraction to tradition
18:48 | Attraction to the liturgy
25:50 | The attraction of moral teachings
28:53 | Evangelical challenges
31:46 | Religious liberty
35:45 | Listener question: How do you best engage the young?
38:40 | Join the Word on Fire Institute

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