Chesterton, COVID, and the Catholic Church

“If being a charismatic Evangelical taught us anything, it’s how we got it right, and how lost Catholics are, living in the shadows of empty cathedrals now serving as museums. Yet here was a very alive, very Catholic group of young people extending their hand in prayer and fellowship while meeting with other energetic, Christ-filled Catholics in Rome (how many of them are there?!), surrounded by unimaginably beautiful art and historic places. For the first time ever, I felt a real connection to those places as a Christian. Also for the first time, I asked myself, ‘If I am a Protestant, then what, exactly, am I protesting?’ Throughout the rest of 2019, I surveyed the Catholic Church, but from a distance.” (Lee Sondeno)