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How the Latin Mass is Bringing Gen Z to Christ, by Jacob Plante – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

How the Latin Mass is Bringing Gen Z to Christ, by Jacob Plante

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By Jacob Plante, Catholic Exchange, August 22, 2025

Jacob Plante is a young Catholic writer, photographer, and college student pursuing his Bachelor’s degree at Florida International University. He is an active member of several ministries and organizations, such as Students for Life at FIU, the FIU Catholic Campus Ministry, the Miamiensis Latin Mass Miami Community, and Hospitalité de Miami. His Instagram account is @plantephoto, and his YouTube channel is youtube.com/@Altare_Dei.

Avatar photoGod is doing something incredible with Gen Z, and secular media is noticing.

The same outlets that once confidently proclaimed, “Religion is dying! Young people are leaving churches in droves! Christians to be a minority by 2050!” now seem to be changing their tune.

Lately, the headlines from mainstream media read more like, “Catholicism sees major resurgence among Gen Z” (Fox News) and “Young people are converting to Catholicism en masse” (New York Post). CNN recently published a podcast titled “Catholicism Is So Hot Right Now. Why?” To most people, headlines like these were unthinkable until a few months ago. So what’s going on?

This current media frenzy may seem to have come out of the blue, but to me, a Gen Z Catholic, it’s been a long time coming. In fact, I would go so far as to say that the media’s reaction came fairly late. ….
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