The Privileged – Folha de S. Paulo, September 23, 1973
There can be fair and beneficial privileges, just as there have been, are, and will be unfair and harmful ones until the end of the world.
“Magnificat” for Chile – Folha de S. Paulo, September 16, 1973
Impartial Christian history will never equate the blood of fanatics who die attacking the country with that of heroes who fell in its defense.
Time Will Tell – Folha de S. Paulo, September 2, 1973
What is Sakharov asking of the West? His is the most astonishing request in history. He asks us not to be foolish and to refuse to support rapprochement with the communist world. This rapprochement keeps in power the despots who make Russia unhappy today and will make us miserable tomorrow.
A Letter to the Archbishop of Recife (Helder Câmara) – Folha de S. Paulo, August 26, 1973
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Dear Archbishop, I have just learned from the press that the MDB has proposed your candidacy for the presidency of the country at a meeting of that party’s members in Porto Alegre (I would gladly address you as Your Excellency, but I do not, as I am told […]
Bangladesh, Watergate, and Nudism – Folha de S. Paulo, August 19, 1973
If the bikini has already spread worldwide and is now even manufactured by nuns, who can ignore the fact that, sooner or later, we will have the monokini and then total nudity?
Executioner-in-Chief, Princess, and Abstruse Poor Clares – Folha de S. Paulo, August 12, 1973
The British Crown—one of the highest cultural and symbolic institutions still remaining in the West—is becoming engaged in the process of self-demolition into which Nixon has plunged the entire free world.
Uninhibited Contradictions – Folha de S. Paulo, August 5, 1973
We must not confuse pacifists with peaceful people. In the Sermon on the Mount, Our Lord promised the latter an admirable reward: “They shall be called children of God.” A peaceful man is one who loves true peace, which St. Augustine splendidly defined as “the tranquility of order.”
Facts and Comments – Folha de S. Paulo, July 29, 1973
Chile: Cardinal Silva Henriquez, Archbishop of Santiago, is promoting a dialogue between communists and Christian Democrats to keep Marxist Allende in power.
The “Exceedingly Large Reward” – Folha de S. Paulo, July 17, 1973
The secret of his perseverance in this long struggle lay in his interior life. His marked devotion to Our Lady, daily communion, and spiritual reading of the highest caliber were the true sources of his apostolic zeal, which so benefited the cause of Christian Civilization among us.
The Suicidal Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You – Folha de S. Paulo, July 8, 1973
Self-destruction of the non-communist world, where there is a greater propensity to mourn the adversary’s anguish or blood than one’s own tragedies.