{"id":2,"date":"2026-04-20T18:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-12T04:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:29:07","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/index.php\/sample-page\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello to everyone, my name is Ian Maile, and I am a graduating senior at the University of Southern California. \u00a0 During my time at USC, I was fortunate enough to study abroad in Rome, Italy, for a semester. During that time, Pope Francis sadly passed away, and I was able to witness the Papal Conclave to elect Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope. Being able to be there during that time was something truly amazing that I will never forget. Growing up Catholic, I have always noticed either older people at church or young families. Over the past couple of years, I have noticed a shift in people my age who are attending mass . After conducting research, I realized this feeling I had is backed up by numbers. Since I wanted to report this in January, I\u2019ve seen other outlets such as The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Fox News report similar stories. Here I am sharing my report on why there is a rise in Generation Z Catholics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0067-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0067-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0067-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0067-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0067-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0067-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0067.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ian in St. Peters Square\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PIiJc1pyVeQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello to everyone, my name is Ian Maile, and I am a graduating senior at the University of Southern California. \u00a0 During my time at USC, I was fortunate enough to study abroad in Rome, Italy, for a semester. During that time, Pope Francis sadly passed away, and I was able to witness the Papal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38,"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2026\/imaile\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}