Amsterdam Bishop Says Young Catholics Are Going Back to ‘Roots of the Faith,’ Want Traditional Liturgy, by Andreas Wailzer

By Andreas Wailzer, LifeSiteNews, Aug 28, 2024

Young Catholics who embrace tradition ‘are appearing out of nowhere’ in the Netherlands and ‘going in the opposite direction’ of the older, liberal generation, Dutch Bishop Johannes Hendriks said. ‘The Holy Spirit is at work.’

(LifeSiteNews) — Dutch Bishop Johannes Hendriks said that young Catholics are going back to the roots of the faith, including more traditional liturgies.

In an interview with the German newspaper Die Tagespost, the bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam described the dynamic of Catholics in the Netherlands. While many of the older generation are still demanding heterodox “reforms” along the lines of the German “Synodal Way,” young Catholics are returning to tradition.

“The younger ones are going in the opposite direction again: to the roots of our faith,” he said. “It is the older ones who are coming up with the themes of the Pastoral Council of that time.” …

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