Ecumenism

Seven Faces that Reveal God

Thirty-two years ago, on October 21, I had the honor of inaugurating the Temple of Good Will (TGW) in Brasília (Brazil), with the indispensable help of the people.

Since its opening, the TGW is the most visited place in the country's capital, according to official data from Brasília’s...

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Globalization and pluralism

Religion Does Not Rhyme With Intolerance

What Is Missing in the World for There to Be Peace?

The Four Pillars of Ecumenism

Manifest of Good Will (V)

X —The worldwide Economics cannot be at the mercy of experiences, even if well-intentioned, which damage more and more the institutions' credibility before the People.The Human Being, with his Eternal Spirit, must be in the center of Economics, as he is the generator of all progress. Without him,...
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Manifest of Good Will (VI)

Religious Peace in the forefront XIII - Peace is what we all seek. But the true Peace is born in the heart of all People that constitute the nations. The work integrated in God and in His Supreme Laws is the only worthy option in the world of today and tomorrow. Here it is the reason for the...
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Ecumenism and hard work

To join forces aimed at the solution of social problems Under the lemma "Education and Culture, Health and Work with Spirituality", the Legion of Good Will is renowned for the contribution given to the Ecumenism field of action. In the 50’s, the famous Italian thinker, Pietro Ubaldi (1886-1972),...
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The Beginnings of the LGW

I received from the Solidary Team of the Legion of Good Will of Europe a rare copy of the newspaper O Cristão [The Christian], dated January 31, 1950. It is a commemorative edition of the 58th anniversary of this official organ of the Union of the Congregational and Christian Evangelical Churches...
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Religion Does Not Rhyme With Intolerance

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...
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"It’s Time to Begin"

On January 6, 1948 (Three Kings Day), the seed of the Legion of Good Will was planted. It was officially founded on January 1, 1950. Journalist and radio broadcaster Alziro Zarur (1914-1979), at the time one of the greatest names in Brazilian radio, when attending a spiritual...
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What’s of Interest

In recognition of the Paris Declaration, which was signed on November 12, 1995, the United Nations instituted November 16 as the “International Day for Tolerance”. The date was chosen to pay tribute to the signing of UNESCO’s constitution in 1945. Our tribute also to the National Black Awareness...
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Miscegenation in the World Is Inevitable

The inevitable human miscegenation is a fact of global proportions. Several experts state that the concept of a pure race is increasingly diminishing in the world. An example of this comes from the United States that has created an item in its census to include people of a mixed race, who represent...
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