The Puebla Message – Notes and Comments– II – Folha de S. Paulo, April 7, 1979
“Liberation theology,” “political engagement,” and “structural reforms” are expressions increasingly common among Latin American clergy, to the perplexity of a growing number of the faithful.
The Puebla Message: Notes and Comments-I – Folha de S. Paulo, March 26, 1979
What can be concluded about the two major events in Puebla—the pope’s message to the bishops and the meeting’s final document?
As Long as She Marries Joseph – Folha de S. Paulo, January 27, 1979
There is a way to defend democracy without committing suicide.
Silence, the Great Lesson – Folha de S. Paulo, December 6, 1978
How can we have a coherent, non-contradictory democracy?
“Ahorita, Ahorita” (The Iranian powder keg) – Folha de S. Paulo, November 18, 1978
In Persia, with the Shah’s scepter wavering in his hands, the wall against the expansion of communism in Asia wavers, the oil routes waver, and the precious oil coffers are left at the mercy of attack. As a result, world domination is at risk, and a third world war is not impossible in the medium term.
La polveriera iraniana
Nell’Iran, con l’oscillare dello scettro nelle mani dello scià, vacilla il baluardo contro l’espansione del comunismo in Asia, vacillano le rotte petrolifere e il prezioso tesoro del petrolio rimane in balia delle aggressioni.
And John Paul II? – Folha de S. Paulo, October 28, 1978
Carelessness neither eliminates nor solves problems but often aggravates them tragically. For it is the great lullaby of sentinels.
To the Unknown Pope – Folha de S. Paulo, October 14, 1978
I turn to him with my afflictions, prayers, and hopes, but they are not mine alone. Let’s see.
At Mrs. Edeltrudes’ – Folha de S. Paulo, October 4, 1978
he French Revolution, Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga of São Félix do Araguaia, the Bastille, the Holy Inquisitors and the wall that communist Germany just finished building from the Baltic to Czechoslovakia
The Cardboard Dam – Folha de S. Paulo, September 16, 1978
Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue. – The respectability