Every Jan. 28, the Church celebrates St. Thomas Aquinas — doctor of the Church, patron saint of students, distinguished philosopher and theologian, and author of the monumental “Summa Theologica.” St.

Born in a village in what is now Italy nearly 800 years ago, he grew up to become one of Western civilization’s most revered thinkers. Now St. Thomas Aquinas, the intellectual and spiritual giant ...

Between the ancient world and modernity stands St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), a Dominican priest. He was the greatest thinker of the thirteenth century in Europe and known as “Doctor Angelicus” in ...

Find today’s readings here. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. (Heb 11:16) Faith can be difficult for information-age people to understand.

On Dec. 6, 1273, 750 years ago, St. Thomas Aquinas did the unthinkable: He permanently abandoned work on his magnum opus, the Summa Theologiae, after many years of intensive labor and just months shy ...