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The Moral Minute
with Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P.

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Fr. Thomas Petri

Fr. Petri, the President of the Pontifical Faculty, entered the Order of Preachers in 2004 and was ordained a priest in 2009.  Fr. Petri has a Doctorate in Sacred Theology, a Licentiate in Sacred Theology, a Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology, and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. A member of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Academy of Catholic Theology, he has published articles in Nova et Vetera and in The National Catholic Bioethics Quaraterly. He is also a contributor to Catholic News Agency and The National Catholic Register. His book, Aquinas and the Theology of the Body: The Thomistic Foundations of John Paul II’s Anthropology, was published by CUA Press in 2016.

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