Dom Helder Camara has become a living symbol of the Latin American church's "preferential option for the poor" As Archbishop of Olinda and Recife in northeast Brazil from -1964 to 1985-the poorest and least developed region of the country--Dom Helder Camara was an outspoken champion of oppressed and indigent persons, not only in his native Brazil. but throughout the world Based on television interviews with French journalist Roger Bourgeon, this work is a collection of thought-provoking and inspirational meditations on gospel narratives. Dom Helder simply and creatively relates individual texts to the modern world as he has come to know it through his ministry to and life among the poor-through the Gospel with Dom Helder Camara will provide Christians the world over with a deeper and more meaningful under standing of their faith and the gospel message.