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As Father Emmanuel Nanabanyin Conduah (right) looks on, PennWest University Professor Miguel Olivas-Luján (left) delivers his paper “Retiring for Eternity: Planning Based on Social Science and Catholic Social Thought” during the 2025 annual conference of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Catholic social scientists reframe perspective on retirement

Oct 29, 2025

By Ken Oliver-Méndez

“Retiring for Eternity: Planning Based on Social Science and Catholic Social Thought” was one topic at the Society of Catholic... Read more

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