Across the country, a quiet revolution is taking place in parish pews: thousands of young people are turning away from modern secular culture in search of a profound, timeless encounter with the sacred.
Addressing this cultural shift on the Napa Institute’s Shepherd’s Circle Priest Podcast, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco explained why the decade-old strategy of making the Church “look like the world” has ultimately failed — and what is actually drawing young souls back to the faith.
Known for his courageous public witness — from performing exorcisms at sites of desecrated statues to founding the Benedict XVI Institute to elevate sacred music — Archbishop Cordileone directly challenged the lingering post-conciliar notion that the Church must constantly modernize to stay appealing.
“This was a phrase we heard a lot: ‘Church has to catch up to the world and be more like the world because that’s where the people are at so it can be relatable,’” Archbishop Cordileone recalled. “But as it turns out, we make ourselves irrelevant when we
