What the WSJ Didn’t Print

I had a couple of lengthy and, I thought, productive e-mail exchanges with one of the authors of a recent Wall Street Journal Saturday Essay” before its publication. I reprise those exchanges here.

Hope Rekindled: Christ Still Walks With Us

The road ahead may still feel long, but we do not walk alone. The same Jesus who accompanied those two disciples accompanies his Church now, until we see him face to face in time.

Renewed Push for Father Capodanno Sainthood Enters Crucial Phase

As supporters of Father Vincent Capodanno’s canonization cause marked the 60th anniversary of the late Navy chaplain’s arrival in Vietnam, there was renewed hope that the effort was gaining momentum. The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints is expected to decide whether to recommend to Pope Leo XIV that he declare Father Capodanno venerable in May.