For some, El Salvador was a shameful episode, in which Washington backed the perpetrators of a death squad bloodbath in a failed attempt to militarily defeat a homegrown leftist insurgency.
The brutal and bruising campaign of 2016 is finally behind us, but Kaveny’s call for a politics infused with vigilance, not vitriol, has by no means outlived its usefulness.
Today the chances of selling a Christian-themed, anti-commercialism Christmas special would seem just as slim as they were in the 1960s.
Sometimes it’s not the infant’s holy face that awes us
Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy! (Lk 2:10)
Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Lk 2:19)
At the end of this election year, a time for silence seems sorely needed.