"Let's face it, against current mainstream culture, being a true, chaste (in all its forms) Catholic is counter-cultural. Rebellion was never so joyful or peaceful as being a good Catholic."
I think you're onto something there. Rebellion appeals to the young and the young at heart. It's ironic that the Catholic church has become so deliciously counter-culture.
When rebellion becomes the norm, as has been in MANY centuries past, the Church has always been the counter to that. I believe that we are seeing another of those periods.