A Catholic Moment or an Evangelical Century? First Things ^ | 8/3/'26 | Timon ClinePosted on by Zionist ConspiratorContrary to online chatter, we are not in a “Catholic Moment.” The usual evidence for this kind of Catholic moment is JD Vance—both his person and his invocation of Catholic theological concepts in public. The previous “Catholic moment,” lasting from 1995 to 2002 by Bottum’s reckoning, failed to fill the Mainline Protestant void. If there is a new “Catholic moment,” it will probably be short-lived.