By McKenna Snow, Catholic Vote - Father Mike Schmitz, who is the host of the “Bible in a Year” podcast and the director of youth and young adult ministry in the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota, also recently weighed in on this trend and why men are the ones who are leading it... he has observed a strong desire for brotherhood... young men are more prepared to develop these friendships... Another factor could be that “there is a more robust Christianity that is being proclaimed and offered,” he said.