Mediocrologists – Folha de S. Paulo, July 22, 1983
What can be won definitively by fighting the Kremlin if its adversary, the West, continues to stoop itself in mediocrity? Some observations about the mediocre man by one of the heroes of militant Catholicism in France, Ernest Hello.
Preventing in Order to Strengthen – Folha de S. Paulo, July 5, 1983
The Fourth Branch is the Media, whose prestige rests less on the discernment of truly educated readers than on the credulity of the naïve. The Fifth Branch is the CNBB, which—save for rare and honorable exceptions—derives its weight far more from its sway over the gullible than from the adherence of genuine men of faith.
A Breach in the Stifling Room – Folha de S. Paulo, May 31, 1983
The Brazilian crisis has moral—and, I would add, implicitly religious—dimensions that cannot be addressed solely on the economic level.
Hunger vs. Abundance – Folha de S. Paulo, April 25, 1983
Is hunger really the main cause of death among São Paulo residents?
Plato in the union – Folha de S. Paulo, March 26, 1983
The mediocre man has no idea that his superficiality can have profound effects – The sowers of tyranny profit from the typhoon of demo-mediocrity – Plato: the radicals of liberalism in a democracy, the true fathers of dictatorship.
The Typhoon of Counter-Thought – Folha de S. Paulo, February 11, 1983
Like it or not, men are ultimately motivated by thought, not Mammon.
Prima parte, 6° Capitolo – Il clero nell’Azione Cattolica
Vorremmo concludere le considerazioni sollevate dal problema del mandato o della partecipazione con una riflessione particolare sulla posizione del clero nella Chiesa. Complessità del governo della Chiesa “Clero” è un termine che, etimologicamente, significa i prescelti, gli eletti. Il corpo del clero è costituito da quelle persone che, dotate di vocazione, si dedicano interamente […]
Prima parte, 5° Capitolo – Errori fondamentali
Queste nozioni non saranno mai sottolineate abbastanza, per evitare le pericolose generalizzazioni, le espressioni ambigue e le illogicità di ogni tipo che hanno ostacolato così profondamente la chiarificazione della questione. Tanti fattori di confusione non possono che portare a malintesi, attriti e incompatibilità, dividendo così gli animi e rendendo quasi sterile ogni sforzo per […]
The Furious Moderates – Folha de S. Paulo, January 12, 1983
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira I revisit the points I discussed in my last article about the position five prominent Brazilian bishops have taken on the legalization of the Brazilian Communist Party. As I see it, four of the five prelates who addressed the issue in Folha de S. Paulo (December 26, 1982) […]
Agree-Disagree – Folha de S. Paulo, January 8, 1983
Victor Hugo: “There is the intolerance of the tolerant, just as there is the fury of the moderate.”