Bianca Maria dos Santos

What most defines the noble is the excellence of their person. By their birth, they are called to guide others and to represent God Himself. Such excellence, however, is imbued with even greater glory when united with the magnanimity of renunciation – so necessary to human existence, especially after being …

There was among the people of Israel a fiery young man, in whose gaze Moses surely discerned a sublime calling. His name was Phinehas. This man’s crystalline fidelity, the work of a lifetime, shone in a unique way in a little-known episode in the history of the chosen people, which …

The extravagant Queen Christina of Sweden liked to apply the following maxim to herself: “There are people for whom everything is permitted and nothing goes wrong.”1 Analysing the axiom as a rule of conduct, common sense would certainly correct the queen’s presumption… But viewed in the horizons of Faith, it …

It is proper to rational creatures – that is, those capable of knowing and loving their Creator – to seek perfection not only for themselves, but also as a desirable good for others, especially those whom they love. This quest is an expression of their tendency towards God and constitutes …

One dominating characteristic of contemporary society is that of reducing supposedly free citizens to a demeaning anonymity, as if they were no more than parts or mere numbers of an inflated State. Since the awakening of reason, we feel like just another unknown element amidst millions of others just like …