Iwrote last week of how the most significant churchman of the 20th century, St. John Paul the Great, proclaimed the beginning of the end of the Soviet empire with his June 1979 sermon at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw. The whole world knows of his impact.

All of Poland knows of their heroic churchman, Blessed Stefan Wyszynski, for 33 years archbishop of Warsaw and primate of Poland, who daily battled with Stalin and his successors, suffering house arrest for three years — only to emerge more powerful still. He lived long enough to host John Paul on his countryman’s triumphant return home.

Few know of Cardinal Bolesław Kominek of Wrocław, Poland, yet Polish and German bishops gathered this week at his monument in that city, to commemorate his key role in the historic reconcil

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