Since 2023, the international press has been paying ever closer attention to the surprising resurgence of Christian faith, alongside its recovered relevance in public discourse. High-profile conversions from figures like Shia LeBeouf, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Russell Brand followed by findings that — in certain regions and for specific “denominations” — church attendance picking up has led to stunned reaction from the commentariat press.
In Britain, for example, Pentecostalism and Catholicism have been found to have reversed decades of decline and grown remarkably from 2018 to 2025 – drawing intrigue from the likes of the Guardian and Reuters. In France, since 2020, the bishops’ conference (typically assiduous in collecting and releasing data) have confirmed consistently remarkable and accelerating year-on-year increases in the number of adult converts they are drawing in and baptising – many from irreligion and Islam. And even last month, adding to a compounding list of evidence, in the United States it was reported by FOX News and the New York Post that Manhattan’s Catholic churches were witnessing a surge in Mass attendance.
