{"id":2752,"date":"2026-06-15T10:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2026-06-15T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:37:40","slug":"vances-new-book-puts-his-catholic-faith-at-the-center-of-his-story-and-his-political-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2752","title":{"rendered":"Vance\u2019s new book puts his Catholic faith at the center of his story \u2014 and his political future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Vice President JD Vance&#8217;s new book chronicles his Catholic conversion and connects it to his political transformation.<\/li>\n<li>The book arrives as Catholicism experiences something of a resurgence in America, with conversions increasing.<\/li>\n<li>Vance&#8217;s faith-centered memoir comes as he positions for a potential 2028 presidential run.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            When JD Vance published his best-selling book \u201cHillbilly Elegy\u201d in 2016, he had drifted away from the Christian faith of his childhood \u2014 a familiar story amid a broader national retreat from organized religion that had left church pews emptier than in previous decades.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2740\">The next mayor of DC will have to navigate its most famous resident: President Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Now, Vance as vice president \u2014 and likely 2028 presidential contender \u2014 is a practicing Catholic, a conversion he has chronicled in his second book, \u201cCommunion,\u201d publishing Tuesday. And it\u2019s landing on bookshelves amid a remarkable turnaround: Catholicism is, by some measures, experiencing a resurgence in the United States unlike anything in recent memory.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            An American-born pope presides over the Vatican the first time in the church\u2019s history. While Catholicism still faces long-term demographic struggles, conversions are surging, with some dioceses reporting record highs. Accounts of Gen Z converts filling church pews have injected new energy into the 2,000-year-old religion and have surprised even Catholic leaders who had long braced for continued decline.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The revival has found particular resonance on the political right. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon; right-wing influencer Jack Posobiec; anti-diversity, equity and inclusion activist Christopher Rufo; and podcasters Michael Knowles and Matthew Walsh are among the prominent conservatives who have embraced their Catholic faith \u2014 a faction of the new right building a political and spiritual identity distinct from the evangelical Protestantism that has long dominated Republican politics.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cCommunion,\u201d a copy of which was obtained by CNN, is Vance\u2019s entry into that growing canon. In it, Vance connects his faith to his political transformation \u2014 from Donald Trump skeptic to Trump\u2019s vice president \u2014 and to his views on the prevailing social and economic debates. Through this lens, Vance argues for prioritizing families over gross domestic product, limiting migration, rejecting universal basic income, and discouraging abortions by improving conditions for new mothers and young children.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JD Vance's new book 'Communion.'\" class=\"wp-image-2747\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0fbb1254da57dcfbee441e9d583327d7.jpg\" width=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0fbb1254da57dcfbee441e9d583327d7.jpg 632w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0fbb1254da57dcfbee441e9d583327d7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>JD Vance&#8217;s new book &#8216;Communion.&#8217;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>HarperCollins Publishers<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cMy political evolution was downstream of the much more fundamental change in how I saw the world,\u201d he writes. \u201cI had looked inside our elite institutions and found them intellectually and spiritually broken. Was it any surprise that I would eventually reject their politics as well?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation \u2014 the influential conservative think tank behind much of Trump\u2019s second-term agenda \u2014 said having the most powerful elected Catholic in the country speak openly about his faith should embolden more officials to do the same.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe live in a time that for some Americans, it\u2019s not only unfashionable but unacceptable that many of us talk about faith in public,\u201d said Roberts, himself a Catholic. \u201cIt\u2019s rather remarkable because so many leaders are uncomfortable doing that for whatever reason. It\u2019s a very positive move, not just for him and the conservative movement but for the country because what people are looking for is transparency and authenticity from their leaders.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 12, 2023.\" class=\"wp-image-2748\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9580e9252fda5f5e604a6aa00c153278.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9580e9252fda5f5e604a6aa00c153278.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9580e9252fda5f5e604a6aa00c153278-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 12, 2023.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Elizabeth Frantz\/Reuters<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\n        The rare vice presidential author\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            The book also arrives as questions about Vance\u2019s political future are increasingly difficult to ignore. Sitting vice presidents almost never publish books while in office \u2014 and the last one who did, George H.W. Bush, went on run for president, noted Joel Goldstein, a constitutional law professor at Saint Louis University and one of the country\u2019s foremost experts on the vice presidency.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But Vance faces an unusual bind: He must serve loyally as Trump\u2019s No. 2 while establishing himself as the future of the party on a compressed timeline. Trump is constitutionally barred from a third term but has shown little interest in anointing a successor \u2014 and has at times privately floated Secretary of State Marco Rubio as an alternative.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            A book about faith, Goldstein argued, allows Vance to step out from Trump\u2019s shadow without risking divisions with the man he still serves.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cTo the extent one of the challenges of running for president is being perceived as a No. 1 when you have been acting as a No 2, this gives him a stage where he\u2019s seemingly independent,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance salute during a Memorial Day event at Arlington National Cemetery on May 25, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-2749\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/17ac357ba1e4c0d08551dba2ba963471.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/17ac357ba1e4c0d08551dba2ba963471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/17ac357ba1e4c0d08551dba2ba963471-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance salute during a Memorial Day event at Arlington National Cemetery on May 25, 2026.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Nathan Howard\/Reuters<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Those close to Vance deny the book is meant to stir more speculation about his presidential ambitions. One ally of the vice president\u2019s told CNN that Vance cleared the book by White House leadership before moving forward and that the reception from Trump\u2019s inner circle was positive. Neither the White House nor Vance\u2019s office responded to requests for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Vance has downplayed the timing, too, saying he began working on the book not long after he finished his first memoir. A 2024 financial disclosure form from his time in the Senate shows Vance had a deal with HarperCollins to write a second book in 2017 (his office didn\u2019t say why previous disclosures did not note this agreement). In 2020, he published 6,700 words in The Lamp, a Catholic magazine, on his transformation from lapsed Christian to atheist to his baptism. He has also credited the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk for inspiring him to speak out more about his faith.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            While \u201cCommunion\u201dlooks ahead to life after death, there\u2019s little trace of the near-term decision looming over Vance in the text\u2019s 288 pages. Nor is there much account of his experience as vice president, operating inside Trump\u2019s White House.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Rather, in explaining the purpose of the book, Vance writes: \u201cI\u2019m a Christian, and I became a Christian because I believe that Jesus Christ\u2019s teachings are true. But I didn\u2019t always think that, and by sharing my journey I might be helpful to others\u2014Catholic, protestant, or otherwise\u2014who are seeking reconciliation with God.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vice President JD Vance tours the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 23, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-2750\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5512f358080415a38a469cfb98a7b2c0-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5512f358080415a38a469cfb98a7b2c0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5512f358080415a38a469cfb98a7b2c0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5512f358080415a38a469cfb98a7b2c0.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Vice President JD Vance tours the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 23, 2025.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Nathan Howard\/Pool\/Reuters<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            A publicity blitz to support the book is already underway, with stops on Fox News, \u201cCBS Sunday Morning\u201d and \u201cThe View,\u201d a regular testing ground for White House hopefuls. The book will also sell in stores alongside published works from aspiring Democratic politicians such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former Vice President Kamala Harris.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2718\">The true test of Trump\u2019s Iran agreement will come only if the fighting stops<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Vance also has competition in his choice of topic. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has spoken often about his Jewish faith while promoting his own book. Another entry, from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear \u2014 also a Democrat and potential 2028 contender \u2014 is expected later this year. Like Vance, his book, \u201cGo and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country,\u201d will center on his Christian beliefs.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Terry Schilling, the founder of American Principles Project, a socially conservative advocacy group that has urged Republican leaders to lean into culture wars, is already enthusiastic about the prospect of Vance succeeding Trump. Schilling, also a Catholic, said he anticipates Vance\u2019s new book will allow him to lay out the commonalities between himself and evangelical Republicans, who remain an influential voting bloc in GOP politics.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It\u2019s a much different approach from the one famously taken by John F. Kennedy when he confronted questions about his Catholic faith during his 1960 presidential campaign. Kennedy declared in an address to Protestant ministers that \u201cthe separation of church and state is absolute\u201d and that his decisions as president would not be influenced by the church. The second Catholic president, Joe Biden, was more open about his faith but navigated other tensions with his religion, especially over his views on abortion.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cRather than doing the JFK thing and saying, \u2018I\u2019m not going to be a Catholic president,\u2019 he\u2019s saying, \u2018If I\u2019m elected president, here is how my Catholic faith will inform my presidency,\u2019\u201d Schilling said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Polling shows that Catholics are moving in the direction of those who identify as evangelicals by becoming more conservative. Trump won 59% of Catholics in 2024, according to CNN exit polls, higher than any Republican presidential nominee since at least 1972. New converts and recently ordained priests and nuns also appear to be considerably more conservative than those born into the religion and older clergy, said Ryan Burge, a political scientist at the Washington University Center on Religion and Politics.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s an institution that\u2019s becoming increasingly conservative, increasingly Republican, and Vance embodies where the church is headed,\u201d Burge said.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Tensions with the Vatican\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            This new wave of conservative Catholics has grown increasingly skeptical of the political movements by the Vatican, first under Pope Francis and now Pope Leo XIV. There has been friction at times, too, between Trump\u2019s White House and the Catholic leaders, particularly over immigration. Trump has referred to Pope Leo as \u201cweak on crime\u201d and \u201cterrible on foreign policy,\u201d sparking the pontiff to respond that he had \u201cno fear of the Trump administration.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Amid the back-and-forth, Vance advised the Vatican to \u201cstick to matters of morality.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In 2025, Vance also drew scrutiny from some church leaders when he cited a medieval Catholic theology known as \u201cordo amoris\u201d in justifying Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown. Vance explained the doctrine as: \u201cYou love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country. And then after that, you can focus and prioritize the rest of the world.\u201d Pope Francis later pushed back against Vance\u2019s interpretation in a letter to US bishops.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            More recently, Vance responded positively to Pope Leo\u2019s warnings about the risk of artificial intelligence to humanity.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV greets migrants in Tenerife, Spain, on June 12, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-2751\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b25cb71f1939da02700d67e6cd26fc7a.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b25cb71f1939da02700d67e6cd26fc7a.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b25cb71f1939da02700d67e6cd26fc7a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Pope Leo XIV greets migrants in Tenerife, Spain, on June 12, 2026.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Yara Nardi\/Reuters<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The tension between Washington and the Vatican underscores the growing awareness around the Catholic Church\u2019s importance in American politics. Kelsey Reinhardt, the president of Catholic Votes, an organization that mobilizes voters of the faith, said her group\u2019s political arm is already planning how to wield the religion\u2019s growing influence in 2028, when there could be a slate of Catholic presidential contenders.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In addition to Vance, Rubio is also Catholic, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was raised in the faith as well. On the Democratic side, Newsom and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez identify as Catholic, and so does Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose political ambitions remain an open secret.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIf Catholics aren\u2019t at the table, they\u2019re on the menu,\u201d Reinhardt said. \u201cPeople are waking up to the realization that the Catholic vote is determinative of this nation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But the renewed interest in Catholicism masks broader trends that show the religion is losing ground in America, Burge said. The uptick in converts, he noted, is more than recent years but still historically low and just a small fraction of Americans, about 1.5%. Meanwhile, the Catholic Church is baptizing about 500,000 babies a year \u2014 down from 1.3 million in the 1960s \u2014 and far more people are leaving than joining, Burge said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The reality, Burge said, is that Vance\u2019s book \u2014 and his political future \u2014 are confronting a faith still in decline.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cCatholicism is having a moment. There\u2019s no way to deny that,\u201d Burge said. \u201cThe vibes are up. But the macro level trends are down.\u201d\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2710\">Kennedy Center exterior remains covered after Trump\u2019s name is removed<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Alayna Treene contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The book arrives as Catholicism is, by some measures, experiencing a resurgence in the United States unlike anything in recent memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vance\u2019s new book puts his Catholic faith at the center of his story \u2014 and his political future - 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