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La philologie au service de la pensée (Philology at the Service of Thought) From June 20 to 23, 2022, a seminar of the Leonine Commission was held in the Marie-Dominique Chenu Room, newly created in the renovated premises of the Convent of Saint-Jacques in Paris. According to the wish of Pope Leo XIII, in creating the Leonine Edition in 1879,…
Fr. Thomas Joseph White, op was recently elected the incoming president of the Academy of Catholic Theology, one of the principal societies of academic Catholic theology in the United States. Father White is the rector of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (PUST-Angelicum) in Rome and is the author of several books, including his most recent: The Trinity: On the…
Foundation of an Institute of missions history at the Institut Catholique de Paris – Br. Gilles Berceville, OP will be its Director.Fondation d’un Institut d’histoire des missions à l’Institut Catholique de Paris – Le fr. Gilles Berceville, OP en sera le directeur. Fundación de un Instituto de historia de las misiones en el Instituto Católico de París – Fr. Gilles…
JERUSALEM – La Bibliothèque de l’Ecole biblique et archéologique française (Ebaf), telle que nous la connaissons aujourd’hui, située dans l’enceinte du couvent dominicain Saint-Etienne à Jérusalem, a été rénovée il y a 20 ans grâce à un financement de l’Union européenne. Please read…
Pour Jean-Jacques Pérennès, on ne voit le monde musulman qu’à travers une sorte de «brouillard géopolitique», fait de djihadisme et de terrorisme. Nouer une amitié avec un musulman permettrait, en revanche, de voir au-delà du prisme déformant de l’actualité. Sa carrière et son engagement viennent de lui valoir le titre de docteur honoris causa de la Faculté de théologie de…
The man who for decades fervently, but always with nuance, explained the complexity of the world of the Middle East and Islam has passed away unexpectedly. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen Emilio Platti Islam expert
A Dominican friar from the Province of Toulouse, aged 54, he holds a canonical licence in theology, as well as a master’s degree in Assyriology and a doctorate in history (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). Convent of St. Stephen
This Monday, October 4, marks the opening of a new academic year at the School, which is delighted to welcome its students back to the St Stephen campus. The house is full and it is a real joy after a year of teaching via Zoom. Read more
Le frère Aniedi Okure, directeur de Dominicains pour la justice et la paix, tenant le rapport annuel de son organisation pour l’année 2020 Read more
Pope Francis has nominated a professor of the Angelicum, Brother Simon Francis Gaine, O.P., as a member of the International Theological Commission (ITC). The ITC’s mission is to assist the Church’s Magisterium, and in particular the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, through theological advice and the study of important theological issues. Brother Simon teaches in the Angelicum’s Faculty of…
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) is the first Philippine university to secure the Five Stars rating from its Quacquarelli-Symonds (QS) application on its third review cycle, it revealed on July 20 on its social media platforms.
The Five Stars rating is the penultimate rank in the QS six-tier system.
“MA Philosophy in English” is a 2-year MA program for both Polish and foreign students. All offered courses are taught entirely in the English language. The studies are meant to develop philosophical skills and competences that are useful in the professional, public, and private spheres (e.g., critical thinking, creativity, rationality, and effective argumentation). The courses are planned in a balanced way: they aim at the development of skills and an increase of the philosophy student’s knowledge.
Si l’année à la résidence Istina s’achève, une nouvelle aventure axée sur la découverte des Églises – leurs divisions et leur unité – s’annonce à la rentrée 2021 pour huit étudiants ou jeunes professionnels de 20 à 30 ans, de tous pays – anglicans, catholiques, évangéliques, orthodoxes, protestants.
La résidence Istina permettra à chacun de conjuguer ses activités personnelles et quelques temps communs : une soirée par semaine – prière, dîner, échanges – et trois dimanches dans l’année.
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En la actualidad abundan las ideologías y en muchos ambientes culturales se ha perdido el horizonte trascendente. Paralelamente, hay un creciente interés por profundizar en la Filosofía clásica, las artes liberales y la Teología.
Founded in 1929, the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies is Canada’s oldest research institute in the Humanities. It specializes in advanced scholarship of the intellectual and material cultures of the Middle Ages. The Institute (PIMS) is affiliated with the University of …
The Institute for the Study of Religions and Interfaith Dialogue of the Faculty of Theology of the University of
Friborg Switzerland awards the Bartolomé de Las Casas Prize for doctoral work or habilitation or equivalent monographic studies in the following fields:
Our Mission statement: Impelled by the Catholic faith and the Dominican mission. Aquinas Institute of Theology educates men and women to preach, to teach, to minister, and to lead. Founded in 1925. Sponsored by the Dominican Central Province of St. Albert the Great, in partnership with the Dominican…
Aquinas 101: Science & Faith is a new, free video series produced by the Thomistic Institute that seeks to dispel the notion that science is in conflict with religion. Short video lessons, all hosted on Aquinas101.com, will explore themes, theories, and misconceptions that have proven especially challenging in the history of science …
The École is the oldest biblical and archaeological research center in the Holy Land. It was founded in 1890 by Father Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855-1938) in the Dominican convent of St Stephen in Jerusalem, which had been established in 1882.
Inspired by the name of the École Pratique des …
UST Department of Biological Sciences of the UST College of Science Visiting Professor Rev. Fr. Nicanor Austriaco OP, PhD, SThD talks about the COVID-19 vaccine, its moral and scientific dimensions.
Blackfriars is delighted to announce four new teaching and research posts in our Studium.
Blackfriars Studium trains members of religious orders and congregations for priesthood in the Catholic Church. It is based at Blackfriars Priory in Oxford and run by the Order of Preachers (Dominicans).
Brother Augustin Laffay, O.P., Archivist of the Order of Preachers (Rome), has been appointed by the Holy Father as a member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences. The news was published in the Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office on Monday, February 22, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. Born in 1965 in France, Br. Augustin lived…
Professor Philippe Lefebvre, Dominican, has been appointed by the Holy Father as a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, for a term of five years.