Leading US Catholic think tank The Napa Institute begins its 13th annual conference “What We Need Now” today at the Meritage Hotel in Napa, California, an hour north of San Francisco in the heart of the California wine country.
The four-day conference, attended by the Catholic Herald, features a wide range of meetings, Masses, movies, rosaries, retreats and other liturgies, gourmet meals, tours and other events. The speakers include a USA "Who’s Who" of clerical and lay Catholic leaders including, on Thursday night, former vice president and current presidential candidate Mike Pence. He was raised as a Catholic before becoming an evangelical Christian.
