Is Gen Z Leading a New Revival of Faith?
Abigail James - September 2025
A surprising development is unfolding among Generation Z: a growing revival of faith. Recent findings indicate that young people, long considered the most secular demographic, are increasingly turning toward God and Christianity.
According to LifeSite News, a YouGov study revealed that “belief in God among British youth aged 18-24 nearly tripled between 2021 and 2025, rising from 18 percent to 46 percent.” This dramatic increase reflects a deep dissatisfaction with the cultural landscape many young people inherited-one marked by family breakdown, confusion about identity, and disillusionment with materialism.
One Catholic convert writing for LifeSite explained, “I began my journey to faith as a result of a deep dissatisfaction with the cultural and societal landscape I was inheriting.” For many of his peers, the same path has led them to embrace Christianity and Catholicism as an anchor of truth and stability.
A Generation Rejects Secular Promises
Members of Gen Z were raised in a society shaped by postmodernism and the countercultural revolution of the 1960s. But rather than the promised utopia, they have witnessed “widespread family breakdown, fatherless children, social chaos, slavery to sexual appetite and an inability to grapple with fundamental truths” (LifeSite News).
This growing awareness has spurred many young people to look back to faith, tradition, and the foundations that once sustained Western civilization. As LifeSite noted, “Gen Z is beginning to sense the contrast between the successes of the past and failures of the present as it grows evermore stark.”
Why Young People Are Returning to Faith
Several factors are contributing to this religious resurgence. The accessibility of Christian resources online has opened doors to deeper study and discovery. “Anyone with an internet connection can listen to podcasts, watch video lectures and read texts by some of the greatest minds in Christian thought,” according to LifeSite. For many young seekers, encountering thinkers such as St. Thomas Aquinas has been transformative.
There are also tangible benefits to religious observance. Studies consistently show that faith communities provide stability, higher levels of happiness, and stronger family life—elements sorely missed in a fragmented society. As LifeSite observed, “religious observance is correlated with higher levels of happiness and stability. This is a living apologetic argument in itself.”
Even more profoundly, young people are discovering that secular materialism cannot answer life’s deepest questions. As the article put it, “materialism just doesn’t work. It fails to explain fundamentals such as consciousness, mathematics, forms and ideas, existence itself.” In contrast, Catholicism and traditional Christianity present a coherent worldview that offers both meaning and hope.
A Future With Faith
For a generation facing demographic decline, social unrest, and uncertainty, faith is proving to be more than a private devotion—it is becoming a source of resilience. “Christ provides a pathway to a life that is deeper, richer and more meaningful than anything that secular ideologies have to offer” (LifeSite News).
The revival of faith among Gen Z may be one of the most unexpected developments of our time. As more young people return to the sacraments, embrace Catholic teaching, and rediscover the intellectual depth of the Church, they are quietly shaping a countercultural movement rooted in timeless truths.
In an era marked by confusion, the next generation is beginning to rediscover what their ancestors once built their lives upon: the light of Christ that no darkness can overcome. (Courtsey:catholiconline.news).
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