The Hidden Reasons Behind The Catholic Revival

The Catholic Talk Show

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity

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🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan Scheel interviews Dr. Ryan Hanning from Catholics Come Home about the huge number of converts that joined the Catholic Church this Easter. Episode #359: 00:00 Why Catholics Are Coming Home 02:53 The Role of Media in Faith Reconnection 05:49 Understanding the Hunger for God 08:31 The Digital Counter-Reformation 11:22 Meeting People Where They Are 14:11 Cultural Whiplash and the Search for Truth 25:06 Engaging the Community 28:33 The Rise of Young Men in Faith 33:48 Record Numbers of New Converts 38:16 The Church's Revolutionary Message 43:36 Inviting Others Back to Faith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of the Catholic Talk Show. Today we're joined by Dr. Ryan
0:03.7	Hannning from Catholics come home to talk about the surprising and secret reason.
0:08.5	Tens of thousands of people came home to the Catholic Church this last Easter.
0:14.5	All right, Dr. Hanging, welcome, welcome, and welcome to all the Catholics coming home this
0:20.3	Easter if you're watching this,
0:21.8	this is about you and this is for you. So this has been a big year. And it really seems like the
0:27.3	church is front and center of people's mind. And I mean, if you look at the numbers, it's one of
0:32.8	the, it's a, I think we were talking before, Dr. Handy, you called it a bumper crop. Is that
0:36.8	accurate? Yeah, I think so. We've watched this trend Haney, you called it a bumper crop. Is that accurate?
0:54.1	Yeah, I think so. We've watched this trend over the last three years. And if we take this trend within the broader, 25, 50 year history of the church, we still have ground to make up, right? And so I think there's been some news outlets pointing out that, hey, this is just rebuilding the stock, so to speak, of those that have drifted away.
0:56.2	But for three years, we've seen this increase,
1:11.7	and there are some specific aspects of this increase that gets us at Catholics of home really excited. You know, we've been reaching out to fall away Catholics, helping those people rediscover the joy of their faith, the joy of relation with Christ. And, you know, for the last 30 years, we've noticed some trends. And and this year was really unique so first of all before we get started if you're watching this click like and subscribe that
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1:27.2	the new executive vice president of catholics come home
1:29.4	and i think really if we're looking at the tip of the spear you know a couple of years ago you
1:34.7	kind of shocked the world you ran a super bowl ad you're running these things and the people like
1:38.3	what is going on here that is bold that is impressive so tell us a little bit about that and how you've been collecting
1:45.9	data over there so that you are able to share kind of what you're seeing analytically.
1:51.3	Yeah, absolutely. So like I said, for 30 years, we've been running, you know, commercials on
1:55.0	broadcast, national television, cable TV, and over the last five years, a lot more on
2:00.4	meta, YouTube, Google, you name it.
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