Catholic leaders to attend ‘groundbreaking’ forum on nuclear weapons in New Mexico  — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Catholic organizations at the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of New Mexico (UNM) are banding together to host a forum with policymakers and leading voices on nuclear disarmament and deterrence. The “Forum on Nuclear Strategy: Disarmament and Deterrence…

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Hillbilly Politician: J.D. Vance’s Difficult Childhood and His Conversion to the Catholic Faith — By: Crisis Magazine

I thought, when I picked up a copy of vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance’s 2016 autobiographical book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, that I would find (a) well-reasoned arguments for his political positions, and (b) inspiring reflections about how he was challenged and changed by his Catholic faith. What…

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