Intervention at the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas (June 29, 2012)
Bishop Javier Echevarría, an honorary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas, spoke on June 29 in the plenary session. His address was entitled: “St. Thomas Aquinas and University Formation in the Thought of Blessed John Paul II.” He spoke on the relationship between faith and reason in the university, with a view to a better professional service to society. His lecture also stressed the metaphysical dimension in the cooperation between reason and faith, between human knowledge and theological science. He concluded by thanking Blessed John Paul II for his broad vision in restructuring the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas, with an eye towards future challenges.
Romana, n. 54, January-June 2012, p. 71.