_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
Young adults are flooding Catholic churches across Manhattan in numbers not seen in decades. At more traditional churches across the city, like St. Joseph's in Greenwich Village, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in Nolita, and St. Vincent Ferrer on the Upper East Side, Sunday evening Masses have become standing-room-only affairs packed with professionals in their 20s and 30s.
Social media has amplified the trend, with viral posts from fitness influencers and Catholic content creators drawing curious newcomers through church doors they'd walked past for years. New York is leading what appears to be a nationwide trend of dioceses reporting surges in baptisms and church attendance, especially with young people.
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