The perception that the
children who are coming to
Earth bring something
different is examined by our
collaborator, Maria de
Lurdes Duarte, a teacher in
Arouca, Portugal, in the
special “What children are
these?” With 38 years of
experience in the education
field, she says that today's
children are not like the
children at the beginning of
her career, an observation
that is constantly repeated
by her fellow educators. The
article is one of the
highlights of this issue.
Another highlight is the
interview given to us by
Silvia Helena Visnadi
Pessenda, from São Paulo
based in Rio Claro (SP). A
spiritist by birth and with
extensive experience in
spiritist work, she works in
various spiritist
institutions in her city, as
a speaker that is always in
demand, although all her
doctrinal training took
place at the Spiritists Home
(Casa dos Espíritas), a
traditional institution in
the city.
Last year, a survey carried
out by the Datafolha
institute regarding the
religiosity of the Brazilian
people revealed that the
percentage of young people
'without religion' in Rio de
Janeiro and São Paulo is
higher than the percentages
for Catholics and
Evangelicals. In a special
article, Thiago Bernardes
examines the subject and its
possible causes.
