Was diese 115 Jahre alte katholische Jugendbewegung einem säkularen Europa lehren kann

VILNIUS, Lithuania — As Catholic youth movements across Europe continue to shrink or retreat from public engagement, Lithuania’s Ateitis Federation stands out as a rare exception: an intergenerational Catholic movement that still forms leaders, sustains disciplined membership, and translates faith into civic presence.Once a lay Catholic resistance movement behind the Iron Curtain, Ateitis at its 115th anniversary offers a rare case study of Catholic youth translating faith into sustained public influence in post-Soviet Europe.From a student journal to a national…