The Brazilian Association of Atheists and Agnostics sent to the Public Ministry of Sao Paulo a document aiming the removal of religious symbols from the public sector bodies and departments, under the argument of that, if the State is laic, there’s no reason for the public bodies to use such symbols, a subject which is covered in this week’s editorial, entitled The laic State and the religious symbols. 

One of the highlights in the current edition is the interview conceded by the confrere Gladis Pedersen de Oliveira, current president of the Spiritist Federation of Rio Grande do Sul, to our collaborator and editor Antonio Augusto Nascimento. With a good reputation in the Infant Education field, coordinating the project Conte Mais (Tell More), Gladis speaks about the importance of such work and her achievements while leading the institution. 

Another highlight this week is the final part of the special report entitled How the devil was born, written by the confrere Rogério Coelho, from Muriaé (MG). The first part has been published in the edition 123 of this magazine. 

In a pioneer initiative, Vitoria Alice Cleaver,  Brazilian ambassador in Switzerland, invited the Spiritist community in that country late last month for a meeting in the Brazilian Consulate in Zurich, as shows Claudia Werdine in a special report, which is another highlight in this issue. 

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With this issue we start the methodical study of the book Between Earth e Heaven, by André Luiz, work psychographed by the medium Francisco Cândido Xavier. This is the seventh work of the same author weekly studied in this magazine. So that the reader can have access to the previous studies, just click on the link Edições anteriores (Previous Editions), and you will find all issues.