Ross Douthat, the conservative Catholic writer announced among the new slate of 60 Minutes correspondents and contributors, claimed he shared an intense religious experience during a late-night bar talk with JD Vance. YouTube/Interesting TimesVance then described an apparent divine intervention that occurred around 2019 when he questioned an unnamed “conservative Catholic writer” in a bar about his criticism of then-Pope Francis. During the June episode of Interesting Times, Douthat confirmed to the audience: “I was that conservative Catholic writer.” On Tuesday, 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton announced that fellow television news virgin Douthat will join the prestigious show alongside Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni, and Trevor Phillips as correspondents and contributors. Mike Blake/ReutersThe new arrivals were needed after high-profile 60 Minutes figures, including correspondents Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi, and Cecilia Vega, were fired by Weiss and Bilton.