Hope Never Dies

Writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, composer, and poet José de Paiva Netto was born on March 2, 1941, in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). He is the President of the Legion of Good Will (LGW) and President-Preacher of the Religion of God, of the Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. He is an effective member of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) and the Brazilian International Press Association (ABI-Inter), a member of the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ), of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), of the Union of Professional Journalists of the State of Rio de Janeiro, of the Union of Writers of Rio de Janeiro, of the Radio Broadcasters Union of Rio de Janeiro, of the Brazilian Union of Composers (UBC), and of the Academy of Letters of Central Brazil. He is an author of international reference in the defense of human rights and in the concepts of Ecumenical Citizenship and Ecumenical Spirituality, which, in his words, constitute “the cradle of the most generous values that are born of the Soul, the dwelling of the emotions and of the reasoning enlightened by intuition, the atmosphere that embraces everything that transcends the ordinary field of matter and comes from the elevated human sensitivity, such as Truth, Justice, Mercy, Ethics, Honesty, Generosity, and Fraternal Love.”