Meanwhile, a prominent Danish Catholic told OSV News the country’s Church was also observing new signs of interest, but was also seeking to ensure converts properly understood Catholic teaching and were not merely making a “conservative, counter-cultural statement.”

It’s understandably exciting that especially many young people are searching for meaning and re-discovering the religious heritage that built so much of their world and played a part in their nations’ histories, but he brings up a good point: we’ve seen a number of people use this as a cover for re-inventing themselves with questionable true intentions. Milo Yiannopoulos comes to mind. It’s good they are looking in the right places, but I wonder if it comes from a place of sincere interest. I hope they can take interest and find real answers and communities that can support them to become not just products of statements and slogans but real life change.