“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
Successes of Conservative Centrism – Folha de S. Paulo, August 12, 1978
A healthy campaign is gaining broad support in the United States to reject all forms of permissiveness in both the political and moral spheres.
Discontent of Right and Center – Folha de S. Paulo, July 21, 1978
The omnipresent permissiveness of our days can and should be considered a genuine expression of the leftist mentality and doctrine, for it is as characteristic of communist regimes as state and economic totalitarianism.
Sequins and the Farandole Dancers – Folha de S. Paulo, June 21, 1978
There are both realistic and folkloric views of the United States. Undoubtedly, these views do not contrast on all points, but above all, they do not align with each other on everything.
The Broken Statue – Folha de S. Paulo, May 29, 1978
Brazil has venerated Our Lady as its special patroness for more than two centuries, and this veneration is directed to her under the invocation of the Immaculate Conception of Aparecida.