Lightning, Fireflies, Silence – Folha de S. Paulo, December 29, 1979
The Church’s great hope for the twenty-first century is Latin America—those vast expanses of peoples, lands, and resources stretching from northern Mexico to the glacial reaches of Patagonia. Everything there is Catholic, at least in name and aspiration. And just as the twentieth century belonged to the United States and the nineteenth to colonial Europe, the twenty-first will be ours.
When the Evidence Speaks for Itself – Folha de S. Paulo, November 28, 1979
Do we not see part of the universal punishment announced by Our Lady in Fatima being fulfilled: the worldwide spread of Russia’s errors? The other part, which remains to be fulfilled if men do not convert, is persecution and wars that break out, and nations that disappear… Our Lady has never failed in her threats any more than in her promises.
An Oasis in the Sahara – Folha de S. Paulo, November 12, 1979
A very beautiful pastoral letter of bishops of Taiwan: “nothing can prevent Our Lord’s victory over evil”.
At A Pizzeria with the “Moderates” – Folha de S. Paulo, October 28, 1979
The psychology of hatred of very many “moderate” leftists.
Carlos Prestes and the Brazilian Communist Party: A Secondary Issue? – Folha de S. Paulo, October 10, 1979
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira With the return of exiles, the issue of the Communist Party’s freedom in Brazil is becoming increasingly relevant. Understandably, Folha readers would ask for my opinion on the matter. I answer this question with some perplexity, as I do not understand why this issue would be dramatic. Indeed, […]
The Insidious Question – Centrists or genuine but bashful and disguised leftists? – Folha de S. Paulo, September 26, 1979
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Somebody asked me if I were a man of the right. Enthusiastically and euphorically I answered, “Yes.” On answering, I was already waiting for the concise and venomous little question that would come next: “Of the extreme right, then?” The poor fellow who formulated the question thought he […]
SALT II: The Second Munich – Folha de S. Paulo, August 14, 1979
SALT II: a capitulation to the Soviet Union comparable to Britain’s concessions to Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
Reflections on a Café – Folha de S. Paulo, July 20, 1979
Among the faculties of the soul, one of its most noble abilities is its capacity to relate material things to spiritual things, and then relate them both to God / Economic development does have its place. However, it does not hold the supreme place for the simple reason that man is more than just a stomach.
A Friend Who Warns You Is a True Friend – Folha de S. Paulo, July 7, 1979
To preserve centrism from danger, its mentors—its thinkers, its leaders, its politicians—must confront and resolve a fundamental question: how to immunize the public mind against the gangrene of revolutionary psychological warfare?
After the Visit, the Questions Begin… – Folha de S. Paulo, June 23, 1979
The Catholic Religion has been persecuted in Poland since the communist regime was established there. Does the recent visit of John Paul II to this communist country herald the end of this persecution or its resurgence? Or does it announce to the world that both sides are content with the status quo?