
8 Facts About the Priest Seen at the White House With JD Vance
On St. Patrick’s Day, the vice president personally guided Dominican Father Henry Stephan through the presidential residence.
On St. Patrick’s Day, the vice president personally guided Dominican Father Henry Stephan through the presidential residence.
The absence of both figures from the agenda appears to be a break from tradition and is likely to raise concerns about partisanship.
Vance added that he and his children pray for the Pope every day.
ANALYSIS: Vance argues that Catholic political engagement should prioritize peace and economic stability alongside pro-life and religious liberty concerns.
‘We will be the biggest defenders of religious liberty and the rights of conscience …’
This year’s keynote speaker is Monsignor James Shea, president of the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.
The university of Notre Dame is facing criticism for the recent DEI declaration by its chief academic officer. Register senior editor, Jonathan Liedl, reports. And then, Register staff writer, Matthew McDonald, looks at JD Vance’s claims about abortion and free speech in Scotland.
The legal crackdown on pro-life expression in the U.K. is expanding, with Scotland in the forefront.
The vice president, who is Catholic, concluded his Munich speech with a quote from St. John Paul II.
Converts and other Catholics took issue with the celebrity priest’s perceived dismissal of Vance’s views based on the vice president’s relative newness to Catholicism.
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