{"id":55994,"date":"2025-12-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/?p=55994"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:42:09","slug":"sundays-rosalia-religious-awakening-or-fashion-9-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/actualidad\/los-domingos-rosalia-despertar-religioso-o-moda-9-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Los Domingos\u2019, Rosal\u00eda\u2026 religious awakening or trend? 9 ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is not some hack writer's thesis on the possible spiritual renaissance that is being predicted. Nor is it an advertisement for a podcast. It is a brief, and therefore subjective, selection of some of the ideas expressed by the four guests on the ViOne channel's program \u2018Contrapoder.\u2019 The episode lasts 1 hour and 43 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The presenter, Carlos Padilla, introduced the topic. What is happening? This is happening: there are artists who talk about God, films that touch on vocation, influencers who are approaching faith, and \u2019empty\u2019 young people who are asking themselves questions again. This is no small thing, although the word has already come to the fore. mirage<\/a>\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel analysts were unanimous: talking about \u201cCatholic fashion<\/a>\u201d, a concept that is being put on the table, can be misleading. Here are some of his thoughts on the phenomenon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Avoid the trap of calling Christian things \u201ctrendy.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Writer and columnist Juan Manuel de Prada points out: \u201cThe Catholic faith has always been opposed to fads.\u201d Therefore, if we talk about a resurgence of interest in religion, we should not do so in a superficial way: \u201cIf there is a Catholic fad, it is a falsification, a trivialization, a conversion into sentimental or pop merchandising.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For De Prada, insisting on the word \u201cfashion\u201d serves to defuse any possible real awakening, diluting it into the ephemeral. \u201cThose who don't want this to prosper turn it into a trend to kill it before it's even born,\u201d he warns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI'm a huge fan of Rosal\u00eda,\u201d says Almudena C. Domper, a journalist specializing in corporate communications. \u201cWhen asked if she's a fad, I think that if she is a fad, it will end soon, like all fads. But at the same time, I agree that she can't be just any fad.\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. There is a spiritual restlessness, a thirst for transcendence, among some young people.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although Juan Manuel de Prada rejects the attribution of \u201cfashion\u201d to the phenomenon, he acknowledges that \u201cin alert sectors of youth, there may indeed be a vague desire to recover a religious tradition.\u201d They are minorities, he stresses, because \u201cthe vast majority are subjugated by systemic slogans.\u201d But this concern is real. In his opinion, \u201cthere is a greater need for God and a spiritual life; I believe that this is beyond any doubt.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alejandro Rodr\u00edguez de la Pe\u00f1a, professor of medieval history at CEU, shares this analysis from his perspective. \u201cThere is a void, a disenfranchised youth, and that void must be filled. So, it can be filled in many ways.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. There are precedents: this phenomenon has occurred before in various countries. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Professor Rodr\u00edguez de la Pe\u00f1a recalls that \u201cin 1820-30 and 1920-30 there were already Catholic revivals in Europe: in France, as a reaction to revolutionary secularism, and in England with the Catholic Renaissance.\u201d Each era, he explains, experiences these movements in a different way: back then, they were literary circles; today, they are media presence, social networks, or mainstream artists \u201cwho indicate that there is a market for the spiritual.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the historian emphasizes a crucial point: all those past renaissances eventually disappeared. \u201cIf you look at what remains of the English Catholic Renaissance... nothing.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Identify the risks: identity politics? Fragility?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rodr\u00edguez de la Pe\u00f1a warns that part of this resurgence may be linked to identity phenomena influenced by American \u201cChristian nationalism,\u201d where religion becomes a cultural symbol rather than necessarily a search for truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almudena C. Domper adds: \u201cIt may have become cool to think about the human side of spirituality.\u201d But a spiritual trend is just as fragile as any cultural trend: \u201cHow much does drinking matcha really mean to you, deep down?\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, what is described in this does not seem fragile. article<\/a>: \u201cThe film (\u2018Los Domingos\u2019) approaches the experience of faith, dealing with God \u201clike a husband, like a boyfriend\u201d, that is, in a real way. And it does so from the outside, but with a delicacy, dignity, respect\u2014and perhaps a touch of wonder\u2014that makes it completely believable.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Change is real: religion returns to the public square<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Julio Llorente, journalist and writer, sees the fact that religion is once again part of public discourse as a positive sign: \u201cIn previous decades, religion was confined to places of worship. Today, it is discussed naturally.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will focus on Rosal\u00eda's album and \u2018Los Domingos,\u2019 because I think they are a good sign. We were talking about marketing effectiveness. Indeed, the fact that the Catholic religion is now considered a marketing strategy is a good sign. I wouldn't give Rosal\u00eda's album or the movie Los Domingos, which I liked, by the way, any more importance than they deserve. I enjoyed it very much.\u2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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