Categories
- Evangelization
- School of Prayer
- Worship
- Healing and Revealing
- Catholic Renewal
- Spiritual Warfare
- Apologetics
- Obstacles on the way to God
- Reading the Bible
- Sense of life
- Covenant with God
- Community
- Catholic Church
- Business and Christianity
- Family
- Witnesses of Faith
- Danger: Occultism
- Attention! Sects
Pope names US professor to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
06-10-2009
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has named J. Russell Hittinger, a professor of Catholic studies at the University of Tulsa, Okla., as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Hittinger, 60, whose work focuses on ethical reflections bringing together philosophy, law and theology, also serves as a member of the academic council of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, a body which promotes research on and works to spread the teaching of the doctor of the church.
The Vatican announced his appointment to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Oct. 2.
The Vatican described Hittinger as an "expert on social, political and juridical theory," noting that his most recent area of research has been the evolution of the social doctrine of the church, particularly the church's teaching about the nature and role of the state.
At the 2008 spring meeting of the academy, Hittinger was invited to make a presentation on the four foundational principles of Catholic social teaching.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20091005.htm
