Expect no huge change in New York when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton prayed together. It was a presidential-campaign season miracle.

It was October 2016, at the infamous Al Smith Dinner, a fundraiser for charities, named after the first Catholic to run for president of the United States.

The dinner, honestly, was painful. The remarks from the political candidates in presidential election years are supposed to be light roasts. The idea is that you are self-deprecating and have a little fun. You try to show that you do appreciate that there is more to life than politics. And that you also appreciate that you might not be God's gift as a savior to the nation. Donald Trump, unsurprisingly, didn't quite incorporate that memo into his speech. It was mean-spirited, making the whole event awkward.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York and host of the Al Smith Dinner, revealed what happened behind the scenes: He asked the two candidates if they would pray with him. And they did.

A lot has happened since. But the fact remains that there was a pastor who guided the two of them to humility and prayer -- something that........

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