In All Things

Cardinal Walter Kasper offered the highlight speech of this Memorial Day weekend rsquo s Georgetown University Marymount University conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council He spoke Saturday morning at Washington rsquo s National Cathedral the event rsquo s third spons

He had wanted to be a veterinarian but at the time one couldn rsquo t study veterinary science in Hong Kong Nevertheless his affection and love for the animal world especially cats never faded as is evidenced by the subject matter of so much of his near-professional quality photography nbsp I

With three hours still to go until the mass of celebration for the beatification of Oscar Romero the Plaza El Salvador del Mundo and the surrounding streets are filled with people some of whom slept in the street overnight through the downpours and the lightning The mood is celebratory but the g

While the beatification ceremony for Oscar Romero will be held on Saturday in Plaza El Salvador del Mundo in San Salvador many pilgrims are also visiting La Capilla del Hospital Divina Providencia the small church where Romero was assassinated while celebrating mass on March 24 1980 Some of Rome

Two years ago I was in El Salvador and asked a fellow Jesuit priest if he thought that Archbishop Oscar Romero mdash famously slain while celebrating Mass in 1980 mdash would ever be beatified The Salvadoran Jesuit rsquo s answer only when all of the people who loved Romero and all of the people w

Among the many fascinating relics to be seen in the small museum dedicated to Oscar Romero at the site of his assassination on March 23 1980 are several small shelves of books in his rooms at the time Most are the books of a churchman collections of homilies the liturgy of the hours a Roman Mis