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Originally Posted by Luisito
There are signs of a Catholic revival in some places. Even here in Canada.
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Immigration from Africa and the Philippines has been a big part of that.
Not that Youtube is representative but I am seeing a lot of Youtube videos of people coming back to the church and people like Mormons are seeking it out.
One of the things they seem to like is the solemnity and contemplative attitude. One LDS lady said when she went into the temple people are talking and hugging and it's "social hour" but before a Mass it is quiet.
The popular Youtuber Bishop Barron has said even more than the scandals as he calls them, what turned people off was the getting away from the traditional and "modernizing' in the 60s and 70s. And he's not trying to deflect from the "scandals" as he's had to talk about them and doesn't shy away from it.
People are struck by the churches themselves. Bishop Barron said one problem was the "newer" churches of the 60s/70s/80s flattened out their architecture and got rid of much of the mystical and iconic and made them basically empty meeting spaces.