Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

The Authentic Manner of Exercising Authority

Command, understood in its strict sense, is the power of a person invested with religious or civil authority – whether military or merely administrative...

Called to Render Great Service to the Church

There are two positions of God in relation to men. Some fall under what we call general providence; others under what we call special...

The Interrelationship of the Three Archangels

We may ask ourselves what relationship exists between the respective roles of the three Archangels: St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael. They seem to...

A Grace that Marked His Life

On December 2 of 1967, Dr. Plinio was compelled to cancel the Saturday meeting he customary held for his disciples, leaving home only in...

The Historical Role of Providential Men

In a broad sense, all men are providential, because they serve the designs of God. However, there is a special sense: there are those...

The Perfect Priest

Iam going to speak about the fullness of the priesthood. And this consideration takes me back to the darkest night of time, to an...

On Pilgrimage Within a Gaze

I know no countenance equal to this one. I have it right in front of me and, moved by an inveterate habit of observing...

A Message Received with Love and Devotion

One day, Plinio was in gymnastics class at St. Louis College, where he studied.1 As he would later recount, the area was framed by...

Precious Lessons from the Resurrection

In the three days during which Our Lord lay dead, all seemed irremediably lost in the eyes of those who had known Him, with...

A Prayer to Move the Heart of Mary

At the end of the 60s, it was Dr. Plinio's custom to invite some of his disciples, including some coming from other countries, to...

Public Opinion and Key Men

Speaking about the important role of tendencies and of ideas in the confrontation between the Revolution and Counter-Revolution, Dr. Plinio analyses the power of Public...

Model of Catholic Journalism in the Fight for the Church

Dr. Plinio’s desire to serve the Church wisely and effectively turned a simple parish publication called “Legionário” into Brazil’s most combative and influential Catholic...