The importance of the word
of Jesus, according
to Pope
Francis
On March
16th, the
confrere Antonio Cesar
Perri de
Carvalho was
elected to serve as
president of
the Brazilian
Spiritist Federation. For the
post ofVice President (vacant with
the election of
the President), was
elected Edna Maria Fabro. Further
information about the
election can
be seen in
the section Brazilian Spiritist
Movement in
this same issue. Here
is the link: http://www.oconsolador.com.br/ano6/304/movimentoespiritabrasileiro.html
This week’s editorial, "The
teachings of Jesus and the
salvation of the world,"
examines the proposal
contained in the first
pastoral message of Pope
Francis and its affinity
with the teachings of
Kardec, Emmanuel and Bezerra
about the importance of
Jesus' teachings in
reorienting the direction of
our planet.
Our interviewee of the week
is Karina Kasemodel de
Araújo Rafaelli,
radiologist, established in
the city of Marília-SP.
Current leader of the
Spiritist Center Love and
Peace, which inaugurated its
modern offices and has been
expanding its activities,
Karina speaks in the
interview about her
institution, whose history
includes significant work in
the expansion and practice
of spiritist thought. The
interview is one of the
highlights of this edition.
Another highlight of this
issue is the special article
titled "The tragedy of
suicide," authored by
André Luiz Alves Jr., from
São José dos Pinhais-PR,
which states, supported by
data from the World Health
Organization, that
approximately 1 million
people worldwide kill
themselves each year, mostly
in rich countries.
Next Friday the 29th,
the Children's Home Marília
Barbosa, of Camberley-PR,
will complete 60 years of
activity, as shown in a
special article written by
our collaborator Jane
Martins Vilela, which is
also one of the highlights
of this week.
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Tomorrow the 25th,
marks another anniversary of
the death, which occurred in
1939, of José Florentino de
Sena, better known as José
Petitinga, founder of the
Spiritist Union of Bahia and
one of the great figures of
the spiritist movement in
his state. Born in 1866,
José Petitinga was an
accountant and also a poet
and journalist.
