” To be very clear, I don’t think the popularity of Catholic aesthetics is necessarily a bad thing. Kourtney Kardashian married Travis Barker a few months ago, and their wedding theme was basically “ Italian Catholic. You can buy saint medals at Catholic Supply, but now you can buy them at Ritual Cravt too. But it is a thing! The vaguely goth aesthetics of Catholicism are popular right now! I was in a New Age store in Marfa, Texas earlier in the summer, and they were selling crucifixes and statues of Mary along with their tarot cards and Buddha heads. The conversation was helpful for me, because I had sort of noticed the phenomenon but hadn’t really named it yet. The other day I was having a conversation with a friend about the current popularity of Catholic aesthetics, and how we feel about it. “How many open doors to serve Our Lord! Ask Him to send workers into His vineyard.” - Saint Vincent de Paul
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