A significant number of congressmen attended the 9th World Spiritist Congress

Promoted by the Spiritist Council of Mexico and organized by the International Spiritist Council (CEI), the 9th World Spiritist Congress was held on October 4, 5 and 6 in Mexico City, on the subject of “Building the Spiritual Man of the Future”. Divaldo Franco was one of the highlights of the event, which was attended by a large audience, ranging from 1,400 to 1,800 people in the three days of activities. Elsa Rossi, who was present at the Congress, is the author of the report we published in this issue, which is one of the highlights of this edition.

Another highlight is the interview that the physician Jose Antonio Vieira de Paula, one of the most appreciated Spiritist speakers of our region, gave to our magazine. Born in the city of Itapetininga (SP) and graduated in Medicine from the State University of Londrina in 1980, since then he settled in Cambe (PR), where he became aware of Spiritism in 1983. Author of the book “Um Minuto com Chico Xavier” (A Minute with Chico Xavier), he has since 1987 participated in Spiritist dissemination activities through the Spiritist press and lectures and seminars in Parana and several Brazilian states.

 “The good mediator of Jesus” is the title and subject of the Special Article published in this issue. Its author, Valeria de Oliveira Xavier da Silva, based in Brasilia (DF), mentions in her article the following sentence by Emmanuel, in a psychographics by Chico Xavier: “Mediumship without its exercise in the good is similar to the professional title without its corresponding function”, to remind us what our commitment within mediumship is and what a Spiritist must do to become a good mediator of Jesus.