World and Ministry Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, S.J. President, Ateneo de Manila University First of all, I congratulate you on this wonderful occasion of your graduation here at LST. I am hopeful that your theological formation here has brought you closer to Christ...
The Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian (J. Cardinal Ratzinger)
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH INSTRUCTION DONUM VERITATIS ON THE ECCLESIAL VOCATION OF THE THEOLOGIAN INTRODUCTION 1. The truth which sets us free is a gift of Jesus Christ (cf. Jn 8:32). Man's nature calls him to seek the truth while ignorance keeps him...
The New Translation of the Roman Missal and Liturgical Renewal (T. Ofrasio SJ)
The New Translation of the Roman Missal and Liturgical Renewal Fr. Timoteo Jose M. Ofrasio, S.J., S.L.D. Introduction Forty-nine years after Vatican II and 43 years after publication of the Missale Romanum of Paul VI, a new English translation of the third typical...
With Renewed Vigor and Zeal (35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus)
35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus “WITH RENEWED VIGOR AND ZEAL” I. A spiritual experience of consolation in the Lord 1. The 35th General Congregation experienced the deep affection of the Holy Father on two occasions, in his letter of January 10, 2008...
What It Means for LST To Be An Ecclesiastical Faculty (John Paul II, Sapientia Christiana)
The Loyola School of Theology has been erected as an Ecclesiastical Faculty by the Congregation for Catholic Education on August 13, 1999 for the purpose of granting ecclesiastical degrees. The Apostolic Constitution, Sapientia Christiana, of the Supreme Pontiff Pope...
Reviewing the Standard Days Method (Archbishop A. Ledesma, SJ)
Reviewing the Standard Days Method: Eight Perspectives Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., D.D. Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro As a recently developed method of natural family planning, the Standard Days Method (SDM) has been the subject of much discussion and debate...
Relativism: The Central Problem for Faith Today (J. Cardinal Ratzinger)
RELATIVISM: THE CENTRAL PROBLEM FOR FAITH TODAY Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave this address during the meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with the presidents of the...
The Dictatorship of Relativism (Pope Benedict XVI)
THE DICTATORSHIP OF RELATIVISM Pope Benedict XVI A conversation with Peter Seewald In his futuristic novel Brave New World, the British author Aldous Huxley had predicted in 1932 that falsification would be the decisive element of modernity. In a false reality with...
No to RH Bill, Yes to NFP (J. McTavish, FMVD)
At present there is a raging debate about the so-called Reproductive Health (RH) Bill. The Church correctly says ‘no’ to the RH bill but she must not forget to announce a louder ‘yes’ to Natural Family Planning (NFP). There are many methods of modern NFP available...