He is a wonderful teacher.
When he was speaking at our church on a Saturday afternoon several years ago, so many people crammed into the church, not just in the nave, but all over the church watching on television screens, and stayed for vigil Mass that our priests had to call other parishes in our city to obtain enough hosts for Holy Communion, and even then, they were breaking the hosts into tiny pieces (about the diameter of a pea!) so that all could receive who were in the massive Communion line!
I’m sure that most of those people were from other parishes, or people from our parish who usually attend Sunday Masses. It’s not that they were there to see a celebrity but don’t come any other time to see Jesus.
I’m not sure that he would still draw the same crowd. For some reason, it seems that the band of former Protestant converts who became “famous” in the early 2000’s have lost their appeal. I don’t understand. Protestant celebrities like John Ortberg, Anne Graham Lotz, etc. still draw large crowds when they make a speaking appearance. Why not Catholic celebs?