Human Rights

Acts of cowardice against children

Averting one’s eyes to violence against children and their cruel unfoldings is a barbarity still very present in the world. This is what the report "Hidden in Plain Sight" released on September 4 this year by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals.

According to this...

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The Miscegenation in the World Is Unavoidable

All Women Are Mothers

Death penalty is this a solution?

Hypatia: the Mother of Philosophers

The Miscegenation in the World Is Unavoidable

The inevitable human miscegenation is a fact of global proportions. Several experts state that the concept of a pure race is increasingly diminishing in the world. An example of this comes from the United States that has created an item in its census to include people of a mixed race, who represent...
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Hypatia: the Mother of Philosophers

There is nothing more powerful than a mother’s heart. On the occasion of Mother’s Day, I pay a modest tribute to all mothers by way of a pioneering woman in mathematics and astronomy and an icon of philosophy in ancient times. In Ecclesiastical History, written in the 5th century by historian...
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Human Rights and Spiritual Duties

The 74th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was voted upon by the General Assembly of the United Nations at the Chaillot Palace in Paris in 1948, is officially celebrated on December 10. It became one of the main charters that govern the noble initiatives of the UN,...
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The Millennium of Women

In fair tribute to the human being who, among many other virtues, carries the gift of bringing us to life, I selected some excerpts from my book O Capital de Deus (The Capital of God), by Elevação Publishing House. Before transcribing them, I would like to highlight the fact that there are many...
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All Women Are Mothers

At the Legion of Good Will (LGW), we have a broad view of maternity. That is what I wrote on May 22, 1988, for the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo: God, Mother and Father of the Human Beings, is universal comprehension. Thus, Mothers are not only those who generate carnal children. They are...
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Every day is Children’s Day

For the Legion of Good Will every day is Children’s Day. We know that this is also true for the many public and private institutions that are devoted to looking after children. In this way they are planting the future of their countries in the present days. Therefore, they are to be congratulated!...
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Temple of Peace and United Nations Day

During the celebrations of yet another anniversary of the Temple of Good Will (TGW), which I founded in 1989, I recall that in October 2009, in Brasília/DF, we paid our homage to the United Nations. On that date, the UN was completing 64 years of existence. Incidentally, the sentiment that inspired...
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The Christmas of Jesus and Human Rights

Christmas is not a time to forget our problems, but rather to seek Divine Inspiration to resolve them. Its atmosphere should be that of borderless Fraternity, which is now, more than ever, essential to the emergence of true Planetary Citizenship—one that effectively defends itself against global...
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