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A long, heroic career that included a 12-year stint in Chinese prisons
The most typical symbol of Christmas is a light shining in the darkness. The shepherds in the fields and the wise men in the east suddenly see the night made bright. It is a season for candles and stars, and its theological sense is caught in one of the readings from the liturgy for Christmas night: "The grace of God has appeared, offering salvation to all men" (Titus, 2:11).
Vantage Point 1980: On the anniversary of his martyrdom, a remembrance of Archbishop Oscar Romero.
During the last few months I have been grappling with the complex question of how the different ministries within the church are interrelated. Just when I was tempted to draw an intricate chart with red, purple and black lines, some exciting fold-outs and many arrows pointing this way and that, I came across a very simple story about a monk and a cripple:
In only 34 days as pope, Albino Luciani captured the imaginations of Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
Across the country on July 4, the Bicentennial celebration was an exhilarating and, to some degree, an unexpected success. Americans everywhere seem to have surprised themselves by their national outburst of enthusiasm and the companionable spirit that kept this zest aloft. By all accounts, even the
