Angelicum Archives

Church’s social agenda can help forge more equitable society, nun says

Sep 14, 2020

Sister Helen Alford, the newest appointee to the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences, has said she believes the Catholic Church has a key role to play in fostering a more equitable economy based more on cooperation than competition.

By Elise Ann Allen

Catholic social teaching has values the world needs, Dominican says

Sep 13, 2020

Individual rights and freedom obviously are essential for human flourishing, but human happiness depends a lot on relationships — kinship and friendship, but also the broader common good, said Dominican Sister Helen Alford.

By Cindy Wooden

Coronavirus a ‘baptism by fire moment’ for Angelicum’s newest dean

Jul 18, 2020

When the COVID-19 coronavirus erupted in Italy this spring, it was a ‘baptism by fire’ moment for the new dean of theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, who formally stepped on board in January.

By Elise Ann Allen

Pontifical universities in Rome gear up for in-person classes this fall

Jul 9, 2020

With coronavirus restrictions continuing to relax throughout Europe, pontifical universities in Rome are busy planning for an in-person academic year with new health and sanitary measures in place to ensure the virus doesn’t spread.

By Elise Ann Allen

New institute to ponder John Paul II’s heavy lifting on Church and culture

May 21, 2020

“We’re under a lot of pressure in the contemporary world, we Christians and Catholics, and it’s critical to find the right position for our backbone,” said the founder of a new institute devoted to John Paul II and Culture. “John Paul II shows us how to be in such a position.”

By John L. Allen Jr.

Angelicum University honors John Paul II with new institute of culture

May 18, 2020

The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of its most famous alumnus by launching an interdisciplinary institute bearing his name.

By Cindy Wooden