Fr. Maciej Zięba, O.P. (1954–2020) | George Weigel
1 . 13 . 21 A wretched year came to a sorrowful end when Father Maciej Zięba, O.P., died in his native Wrocław, Poland, on December 31. The birthplace of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Wrocław was also the home of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, who grew up there as Edith Stein when the city was known as Breslau. Unlike those great Christian witnesses, Maciej Zięba was not a martyr; but he, too, gave his life for Christ and the Church, and he bore more than his share of suffering in doing so. His life was dramatically changed by John Paul II’s first pilgrimage to Poland in June 1979. Hearin...