The Brazilian Indians who carried Father José de Anchieta’s chests, tired of everything, sighed: “We are heartless!” I was touched by this expression when reading the [...]
If my dear reader has not heard of William Osler, it is enough to know that he was one of the most brilliant doctors of his generation (1849-1919) and that his life story fills two volumes of [...]
In ancient meditations on Hell, a terrible sentence was applied to Plato and Aristotle: “Woe to you if you are praised where you are not and tormented where you are”. The famous [...]
With his wand as a radar, a blind man was walking along Rua do Carmo, in Lisbon. He couldn’t see the kids playing and jumping on their way home from school, he couldn’t see the [...]
The news came in a daily newspaper and made me laugh. The “21st century Rosary” was born in Poland: it is shaped like a credit card with small drawings of Our Lady and John Paul II. [...]
One day Teresa of Calcutta wanted to extend her charitable work to China. She began to make the necessary rounds, but you can’t imagine how many “walls of Cinha” she had to [...]
I have several mothers. The first one gave me the milk and I remember that once she gave it to me (and well deservedly so) with her slipper. Cristina was her name. My heart ached for her the [...]
Era a meio da manhã e as crianças, acabado o recreio, retomavam os seus lugares na escola. Uma delas, no entanto, permanecia de pé, embebida a olhar pela janela, enquanto a professora repetia, já [...]
William Osler foi um dos médicos mais brilhantes da sua geração (1849-1919) e a narração da sua vida enche dois volumes grossos. Viajava ele num transatlântico e observou que, a determinadas [...]
Quem diz que os jornais só dão notícias más? Francisco Garcia, um mendigo idoso de Veneza, está sentado no chão e pede esmola, como faz todos os dias do ano. E, como todos os dias do ano, um [...]
