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Works cited in the class: • “Christianity, a new lifestyle”, by Santiago Guijarro Oporto: https://bit.ly/3CoSIlf • Letters 96 and 97 from Pliny to Trajan: https://bit.ly/4frCHtE After presenting the problem of the illness of many Catholics who seek to live their faith authentically, Father Paulo Ricardo will begin a series of reflections in order to show where the solution to this current difficulty lies. The answer is, yes, in the past; more precisely, in the Christians of the first centuries. However, instead of starting from a vague idea of how Christians lived — which would not have much effect for the most hopeless — Father Paulo will analyze the Letters of Pliny, governor of Pontus and Bithynia, to Emperor Trajan, at the beginning of the 2nd century. In these accounts of a pagan, it is possible to note a certain astonishment at the determination of the Christians of that region of the Empire, who, years before, had been evangelized by Saint Peter through his Second Letter. But what was different about them? How can they shed light on the critical situation in which we live? These and other questions will be answered by Father Paulo Ricardo in the open class this Tuesday, November 12, at 9 pm. First class on the topic - Why are many Catholics getting sick? • Why are many Catholics getting sick?