National Catholic leaders appointed to board of University of St. Thomas in Houston

As it continues the “confident renewal of its Catholic identity,” the University of St. Thomas in Houston announced the appointment of influential Catholic leaders to its board of directors this week.

Among the new board members are R.R. “Rusty” Reno, editor of First Things; Adam Laxalt, the former attorney general of Nevada; and Mary Eberstadt, writer and senior research fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute in Washington, D.C.

Reno told EWTN News he would like to see the school become a leader on the American Catholic academic scene…