The news came in the “Diario de Noticias” and, what do you want? I had to laugh. In the beautiful homeland of John Paul II, Poland, the rosary of the 21st century was born: it is in [...]
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 [...]
When John Paul II was elected Pope, I read some of his poems, among them “The Goldsmith’s Shop”. It tells the story of a woman who was abandoned by her husband and decided to [...]
Saint Anthony Mary Claret, a 19th century figure, used to say that we should have “the heart of a child towards God, the heart of a mother towards other people and the heart of a judge [...]
As a child in primary school, the discovery of writing fascinated me to such an extent that I remember writing on my father’s back when I saw him sitting quietly by the fire. The passion [...]
Let us toast to the United Nations, which had the happy idea of proclaiming the “years” of the mountains, of water, of forests? And let us salute Saint Francis, prince of ecologists, [...]
It was after the news, prime time television, and a Portuguese actress threw this enormity in her boyfriend’s face, as if to say nothing: “It’s none of your business whether or [...]
“The shadow of God is vast” – said Frederick Nietzsche, after announcing that God was dead. God was dead, and so human beings were left orphans, alone on earth, without any [...]
Readers know that, in the Olympic Games, only athletes who have reached the minimum required in their respective sport (diving, swimming, running, sailing…) take part. And only those who [...]
“Some say happiness lives far away. Others say it resides in our own home. But true happiness lives in the cradle of a child begotten with love”. I don’t know if Freud knew this [...]
