714: What's Driving the Surge of Catholic Converts? plus Gabriel Salguero

Apr 1, 2026 · 1h 25m

Catholic bishops around the U.S. are reporting a dramatic increase in applications for church membership and a surge of new converts as Easter approaches. What's driving this new interest in the Catholic Church, and why aren't evangelical churches seeing a similar boom? Mike Erre joins Phil and Kaitlyn to discuss the trend. Gabriel Salguero is back to update Skye on the impact of immigration enforcement on Hispanic churches and communities. He shares about two evangelical pastors detained in ICE facilities, and why Latino voters are abandoning Donald Trump after giving him record support in 2024. Also this week, is sycophantic AI causing us to lose our ability to tolerate real people? Holy Post Plus: My Hill to Die On: You Shouldn't Write Your Wedding Vows: https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-hill-to-die-154029219 Ad-Free Version of this Episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/154448508/ 0:00 - Show Starts 5:19 - Theme Song 5:40 - Sponsor - World Relief - Help families overseas and refugees in crisis! When you give now before Easter Sunday, your donation will be doubled! Start your partnership today at https://www.worldrelief.org/holypost 6:42 - Sponsor - Sponsor - BetterHelp - This ep…

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