With sadness, I recently said goodbye to a dear friend, Veronica Hogle. Many readers will recognize the name, as she was a prolific contributor to My View over the decades.

Yesterday, I walked with my wife, Elisabetta Piqué, to the chapel of Santa Marta in Vatican City to bid our final farewell to Pope Francis, a man who had been our friend for more than 20 years.

Two of Nashville's biggest songwriters have teamed up for an emotional song titled “Goodbye My Friend,” which was inspired by the mass shooting that took place at a high school in Florida on ...