June 25 marked 25 years since the United Nations (UN) adopted the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993). Among its 100 topics, it states that, “The World Conference on Human Rights considers human rights education, training, and public information essential for the promotion and...

In Reflexões da Alma (2003) [Reflections of the Soul] I wrote that in a globalizing world that so often crushes respectable traditions underfoot, it is prudent not to ignore the pluralism that exists in every nation, and even in small tribes, as we work in favor of a solidary and...

When we speak of Ecumenism, we want to say Universalism, Fraternity without borders, international Solidarity, seen that we understand Humanity as a family. And there is not a single family in which all the children have the same behavior. Each one is an independent cosmos, which does not mean to...

Questioned by a reader in the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper in the 80’s, I pondered that I fail to see Religion as an arena where many beliefs meet to settle their points of view, in their struggle to defend their principles or God, who is Love to begin with and who cannot approve manifestations of...