Editor
Mario Luiz Valerio Kühl
Editorial Board
Severiano de Oliveira;
Silvia Gabriela Panez;
Marcos Aurelio Chacaliaza
Tendencies and Mentalities
The Mendicant Emperor and the Omnipotent Poor Man
The scenes illustrated on these pages depict one of the most astounding events in history, not only of the Church, but of civilization itself....
The immaculate conception “Versus” the Immaculate Conception
“Believe in yourself”: self-confidence is one of the top-selling values of today – and at a high price.
Now, the laws of supply and demand...
Admiration, Service and Sacrifice Pervaded with Joy
The heroic demonstrations of faith that are given in Africa demand our respect and inspire our veneration. If naivety had led us to imagine...
All… Except One!
By Jupiter, what a good idea Vipsanius Agrippa had when he built this temple! The Pantheon: what majesty, what conviction, what strength! And –...
Affinity
Portrayed by their contemporaries, the facial features of the two men illustrated on these pages – who, without ever having met one another, were...
Two Attitudes… One Person?
Nothing could be more enchanting than the Gospel scene in which we find Our Lord Jesus Christ surrounded by children so that the Saviour...
Extravagance or Boldness
The Ancien Régime – as the political and social system in France during the period immediately preceding the Revolution of 1789 came to be...
Adornment and Primordial Light
A wise teaching of Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira points out the dual purpose of clothing: to cover the body and reveal the soul....
Two Ways of Rising
A Latin adage says that “mater artium necessitas”, necessity is the mother of the arts. This principle, applicable to practically every field of human...
Manipulated Morality?
In the days of yesteryear, we became accustomed to the fact that computers were gradually managing to imitate everything we possessed: they copied our...
A Monastery or a Shopping Centre?
The building that illustrates these pages, built at the end of the Middle Ages in a polychrome flamboyant Gothic style, is a clear example...
What Does Art Announce to Us?
If the highest vocation of art is to unite the heavenly to the earthly, the famous altarpiece of the Annunciation by Blessed Fra Angelico,...