Antonio Carlos Santini

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The God of the Poor

Some time ago I was invited to give a seminar for a theology week before an auditorium of faithful laymen. As the central theme, they suggested that I address the…

Lipstick Liturgy

Here in our humble parish community, the pastor has appointed five extraordinary ministers of the Word—three women and two men. When the priest is absent—considering how he tends to various…

The Crime Machine

  That January, the last of criminal Swekia died. The country began to undergo a profound transformation. Rendered useless, police officers were demobilized, along with their commissioners, investigators and scribes.…

Chernoviz and the Alligator

The other day I was at a friend’s office, a company manager, when suddenly I came eye-to-eye with an alligator. How, you ask? Don’t believe me? Is it so out…

The Three Musketeers were four…

I don’t know which of my distant relatives I inherited my compulsivity to logic from. An unfortunate inheritance for someone stuck on a totally chaotic planet, where rights are turned…