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The Buck Sexton Show

Buck Brief - Why Young Americans Are Flocking to Church

The Buck Sexton Show

Premiere Networks

News, Government, Politics

4.74.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Buck sits down with writer and commentator Aubrey Strobel to discuss the resurgence of Catholicism among young people, especially in places like New York City. Drawing from her viral Catholic Herald piece, “Why Catholicism No Longer Feels Uncool in New York,” Aubrey explains why packed churches, growing conversions, and renewed public expressions of faith are becoming increasingly common among Gen Z and millennials.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.4

Is Catholicism cool for young people out there these days?

0:09.2

Is it having a resurgence among the youth?

0:12.3

A topic that I wanted to get into with writer Aubrey Strobel, who joins us now.

0:17.4

She wrote a piece in the Catholic Herald that really caught my attention, really interesting,

0:27.7

why Catholicism no longer feels uncool in New York. And I wanted to chat with her about this, because, you know, Aubrey, by the way, the subheading is after years of quiet

0:32.2

observance, New York's Catholics are finding a renewed confidence to live and speak their

0:37.3

faith publicly.

0:39.3

You know, I'm noticing I'm down here in Florida.

0:41.4

I grew up in New York.

0:42.3

I'm in Miami.

0:43.5

There are more and more Catholic meetups happening.

0:46.9

And by the way, not like dating, just people who want to be with other young Catholics

0:51.6

and explore their faith.

0:53.0

More of the stuff happening in Miami

0:54.5

and the people are starting to see this here. So I think this is bigger than just New York,

0:58.5

but speak to it in the New York context of what is going on here with, again, younger folks

1:03.6

and Catholicism and this resurgence. What are you seeing? Sure. Thanks so much for having

1:10.3

me on the show.

1:11.5

And, yeah, Catholicism is live and well in New York City and across the world, quite frankly.

1:16.2

We've seen record numbers of conversions all over the world this past Easter.

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