Gen Z returns to faith that can only be a good thing

A new report about Stanford University notes that the number of students making new commitments to faith is skyrocketing.To take just one denomination, the number of students who have joined the university’s Catholic Church has skyrocketed, from an average of four per year to 46 this year.Other faith communities are experiencing similar levels of renewed interest from young people.Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.That may come as a surprise, given what we are usually told about Gen Z.Today’s youth, we hear, don’t know how to commit to anything.

They don’t show up for job interviews.They use AI to do their homework.

They don’t make eye contact.They communicate in emojis.

And they can’t imagine a time when anything was different.All of that may be true.Yet there is also a countercurrent.

California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Many young people are looking around at the world and rejecting what popular culture is selling them.They aren’t looking for less responsibility.They’re looking for more of it.

They aren’t looking for escapes.They’re looking for principles to follow.Many of them are desperately lonely.

But they are finding that the answer is not another hookup on a dating app, but rather in a serious, long-term commitment to another human being, flaws and all.Perhaps many are inspired by the example of Charlie Kirk.Charlie made his name as a conservative commentator, and a Republican activist.

He was certainly those things.But at the time when his life was cut brutally s...