Sunday, March 11, 2018

Interview with Marcus Grodi

It was my privilege last fall to interview Marcus Grodi, founder of the Coming Home Network and host of the EWTN television/radio show The Journey Home on the show's 20th anniversary. Indeed, our conversation was so rich as to warrant two articles in Catholic World Report. The first, "Marcus Grodi Reflects on 20 Years of The Journey Home," came out in December 2017. The second article is still in production and regards trends in conversion to the Catholic Church, a topic on which he is in an excellent position to discuss.


To read the first article, click here.



Monday, March 5, 2018

Father Capodanno--Modern Hero

       At a graduation lunch in June 2017, I was privileged to sit at the same table with Archbishop Timothy Broglio. He shared with us that his archdiocese, the Archdiocese of the Military Services, U.S., had just finished compiling and sending all the documentation for Fr. Capodanno's cause for canonization to the Vatican's Congregation of the Causes of Saints. I interviewed him a few months later to learn more. Here's the article I authored about it for Catholic World Report: 



Servant of God Father Vincent Capodanno died administering the sacraments to men in combat. Fifty years later, the cause for his canonization is underway.


“He certainly could be a patron for doing the right thing at the right time,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio told Catholic World Report, speaking of Servant of God Father Vincent Capodanno’s willingness to “obey God rather than...

To finish reading the article, click here.