Utopia and the Message – Folha de S. Paulo, July 29, 1980
Therefore, imagining a world without struggles and setbacks is like imagining a world without Jesus Christ.
“Say Just One Word…” – Folha de S. Paulo, July 1, 1980
So far, the Universal Church has never faced a crisis as severe as the one it confronts now. In the West, this crisis affects various aspects of spirituality, even among non-believers. It is therefore far more serious than nuclear war because, as long as the world exists, disasters in the spiritual realm will surpass those in the material realm, and that is significant.
A Precarious State That Always Ends Badly – Folha de S. Paulo, June 18, 1980
If material bread is neither the supreme nor only good, why do liberation theologians speak of it alone?
The Horse, the Witch, and the Child – Folha de S. Paulo, May 22, 1980
In our country [Brazil], misinformation spreads wildly, unleashed like an apocalyptic horse. Riding this horse is a witch: socialist and confiscatory agrarian reform. She travels everywhere, carrying a small child she nurses tirelessly: communism.
POTWCT – Folha de S. Paulo, May 8, 1980
“Party of Those Who Cannot Think”
Free Access to Embassies, The Decisive Test – Folha de S. Paulo, April 27, 1980
Cuba: the situation of the unfortunate 10,000 refugees in the Peruvian embassy – Why Carter has still done nothing to dismantle the dictatorship of Cuban extremism?
“Where Are We Headed?” – Folha de S. Paulo, March 5, 1980
Rarely in two thousand years has a pope asked such a grand, serious question in such a dire situation: Where are you going, 21st century?
The Failure of Detente and the Vatican Policy – Folha de S. Paulo, February 18, 1980
What can be done in the Catholic camp to bring an end to this catastrophe whose unchecked progress would slay the Church if She were mortal? Words coming from the lips of just one man would suffice. From the successor of him to whom it was said: “Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her”.
The Lullaby Revel Didn’t Mention – Folha de S. Paulo, February 8, 1980
The Soviet lullaby and the Catholic opinion – Pius XI, Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, Vatican Council II, Jacques Maritain.
Lightning and Fireflies: Closing Thoughts – Folha de S. Paulo, January 6, 1980
It is better that we immediately focus our hopes on the visit of John Paul II, whose robust, lively, and cheerful presence will come to us in mid-1980.