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    Holier than thou: The rise of Gen Z Catholicism

    by Emily Phillips Feb 04, 2024 5 minutes
    Source: Sabrina Carpenter

    A veiled Sabrina Carpenter leaning provocatively against an ornate golden altar covered in kitsch sugared almond crucifixes like some 2024 Madonna. Shia LaBeouf kneeling in his bashed up white trainers surrounded by Franciscan monks at his confirmation. The Hot Priest himself, Andrew Scott, descending on Hollywood with his Irish babygirls Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan. TikTok’s new, deep obsession with Traditional Latin Mass? It seems that Gen Z is suddenly all about Catholicism.

    To anyone who knows me, I seem pretty irreligious. Yeah, I was married by a monk, grew up surrounded by holy water and have even been to and the , butI don’t go to . I have several divergences from the faith I was brought up in: around abortion and LGBTQ+ rights to love whoever they want. And yet…

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