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TomአHalík in portugal
Tomáš Halík by daniel t. gomes
It was on November 22 nd that Czech author and Catholic theologian Tomáš Halík held an autograph session for his latest book, Diante de Ti, Os Meus Caminhos, (“Before You, My Ways”) in a small, discrete bookshop in Lisbon. At the time, my knowledge of this renowned author was next to none: I knew he was a Catholic author popular among Portuguese Protestant circles, which is not all too common, and that our magazine had previously covered three of his works that had been translated to Portuguese by Paulinas;
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namely, A Noite do Confessor (Night of the Confessor), O Meu Deus é Um Deus Ferido, and Quero Que Tu Sejas (I Want You to Be). He had also done us the courtesy of signing a portrait of him made by one of our collaborators, the talented artist Vitor Marini. But besides that, I did not really know what to expect. I walked in the bookshop on that Thursday afternoon and saw him in person for the first time: he was sitting at a desk set up for him that afternoon, right at the bookshop’s entrance, casually talking with some ladies who pro-
