Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo is an Argentine Catholic bishop, the current Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Having issued a long set of various publications in the sciences, he earned several honors such as the Légion d’Honneur of France in 2000.
Life
Born in Buenos Aires in 1942, he was ordained a priest on 7 December 1968 in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. At the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum of Rome he was awarded a Ph.D. in sacred theology, the highest level of Church postgraduate studies, with the maximum possible grade of summa cum laude with the dissertation La gracia como participación de la naturaleza divina según Santo Tomás de Aquino.In 1976 he graduated summa cum laude in Philosophy at Perugia University. From 1976 to 1998 he was lecturer in the history of philosophy at the Lateran University in Rome where from 1982 onwards he was full professor in the same discipline. He was dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the same university for three consecutive terms from 1987 to 1996.
From 1998 to 2014 he was full professor of the history of philosophy at the Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta and in the same year was appointed president of the degree course in science of education. On 5 October 1998 he was appointed Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. In March 1999, he was also appointed as Secretary Prelate of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. On 19 March 2001, Pope John Paul II consecrated him as Titular Bishop of Forum Novum. On 19 July 2011, Pope Benedict XVI made him a member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
In 2018, he declared that "those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the Church are the Chinese." Matthew Schmitz replied that this statement was "not mere naivete" but also exemplified "the way in which defenses of the "common good" sometimes slip into apologias for authoritarianism". The comments in turn were widely criticized.
Decorations and honours
He was decorated as Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Italian Republic, official of honour of the Légion d’Honneur of France, Grão Mestre da Ordem de Rio Branco of Brazil, official of Austria and knight of Chile. He was appointed Chaplain Grand Cross of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George in 2006 by Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria and Vice-Grand Prior of the Order in 2008.Main publications
- La Gracia como Participación de la Naturaleza Divina Según Santo Tomás de Aquino, 360 pp.
- Aristotele e San Tommaso, 100 pp.
- Aristóteles y Hegel, 368 pp.
- 'La Noción de Participación en Juan Vicente', Salmanticensis.
- La Gracia como Participación de la Naturaleza Divina en Juan Vicente o. p. 50 pp.
- 'La Positività dello Spirito in Aristotele', Aquinas, 21, fas. 1, pp. 126 ss.
- 'La Querella Antropológica del Siglo XIII ', Sapientia, 35, 137-138, pp. 325–358.
- Il Concetto di Storia della Filosofia, 50 pp.
- 'Aristóteles y Hegel', introduction, translation and notes by M. S. S., Pensamiento, 154, vol. 39,, pp. 177–222.
- 'Partecipazione e Refusione della Grazia', in Essere e Libertà, pp. 225–251.
- 'L'Unità dei Comandamenti', Coscienza, 1,, pp. 20 ss.
- 'La Libertà nella Storia', in 'Ebraismo, Ellenismo, Cristianesimo', Archivio di Filosofia, 53, 2–3,, pp. 89–124.
- 'San Tommaso: Maestro Interiore', Tabor, 40, 4,, pp. 22–42.
- L'Evoluzione Storica della Libertà come Stimolo per la Filosofia Cristiana', Aquinas, 30, 1,, pp. 30–60.
- 'Der Weg der Freiheit nach Hegel', in Der Freiheitsgedanke in den Kulturen des Italienischen und Deutschen Sprachraumes, pp. 457–481.
- La Noción de Libertad en la Cuestión 'De Malo' de Santo Tomás, 150 pp.
- L'Energeia Noetica Aristotelica come il Nucleo Speculativo del Geist Hegeliano', in M.S.S., L'Atto Aristotelico e le sue Ermeneutiche, pp. 179–201.
- L'Atto Aristotelico e le sue Ermeneutiche, 'Introduction' by M. S. S., pp. I-XII.
- Ragione Pratica, Libertà, Normatività, 'Introduction' by M. S. S., pp. I-XXIV.
- 'Tomismo e Pensiero Moderno', in G.M.Pizzuti, Veritatem in Caritate, pp. 243–253.
- Teologia Razionale, Filosofia della Religione, Linguaggio su Dio, 'Introduction' by M. S. S., pp. I-XVII.
- 'I Valori Culturali dell'America Latina per la Nuova Evangelizzazione', Euntes Docete, 45, 2,, pp. 191–204.
- 'Francisco de Vitoria: Artefice della Nuova Coscienza sull'Uomo', Vangelo Religioni Cultura, pp. 263–277.
- Physica, Naturphilosophie, Nuovi Approcci, 'Introduction' by M. S. S., pp. 49–61.
- 'Del Alma al Espíritu: la Antropología de Tomás de Aquino', Revista Latinomericana de Filosofía, XXII, 1, pp. 20–37.
- Per un Servizio Sapienziale della Filosofía nella Chiesa', Aquinas, XXXVII, fas. 3, pp. 483–500.
- Perì Yuxhß, De Homine, Antropologia, 'Introduction' by M.S.S., Herder, pp. I-XXVIII.
- 'Stato, Libertà e Verità', in La Forma Morale dell'Essere,, pp. 91–133.
- 'L'Amico come Altro se Medesimo e la sua Dialettica', in Akademie Deutsch-Italienischer Studien, Akten der XXII. internationalen Tagung, Meran 10–15. April 1994, pp. 457–481.
- 'Francis of Vitoria', in Hispanic Philosophy in the Age of Discovery,, Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy, vol. 29, pp 59–68.
- 'La Libertà in C. Fabro', Studi Cattolici, September 1995, 415, pp. 529–33.
- 'Essere e Libertà in Fabro', in AA.VV., Cornelio Fabro: Testimonianze e Ricordi, pp. 55–66.
- Tempo e Storia. Per un Approccio Storico e Teoretico, 'Introduction' by M.S.S., XXXVI-442 pp.
- 'Dal Pensiero Greco il Primo Passo della Ragione verso Dio', in 'Le Idee', L'Unità2, 8 January 1998, p. 2.
- La Vita, edited with an Introduction by M.S.S., XXVIII-314 pp.
- 'Presentazione del Colloquio sull'Eucaristia', Aquinas, XLI, fas. 2, pp. 209–21
- 'In che Cosa Credono quelli che non Credono?', Aquinas, XLI, fas. 3, pp. 465–481.
- 'Aristotele', in Lexicon, Dizionario dei Teologhi, pp. 101–104.
- 'Znaczenie filozofii wiedzy i umiejętności jako filozofii czołowieka', in Człowiek i jego świat na przełomie XX/XXI wieku,, pp. 37–44, 81–89.
- 'Hegel: Life between Death and Thought', Analecta Husserliana, LIX, pp. 189–203.
- 'Comentario à la Encíclica Fides et Ratio', Cuenta y Razón,, pp. 7–18.
- 'Il Problema della Sopravvivenza e dello Sviluppo Sostenibile', L'Osservatore Romano, 8 April 1999.
- 'Per una Istanza Metafisica Aperta alla Fede', in Per una Lettura dell'Enciclica Fides et Ratio, pp. 158–171.
- ‘For a Metaphysics Open to Faith’, in Catholic Culture, Documents, L’Osservatore Romano,, 1999, pp. 10–12,
- 'La Conferenza Mondiale sulla Scienza', Studium, fas. 6,, pp. 867–870.
- 'La paz por el diálogo', in AA.VV, XV Aniversario de la firma del Tratado de Paz y Amistad entre las Repúblicas de Argentina y Chile,, pp. 3–10.
- 'La Teologia di Aristotele', in AA.VV., Pensare Dio a Gerusalemme,, pp. 49–73.
- 'Food Needs of the Developing world in the Early Twenty-First Century', edited with an introduction by M.S.S,, X-475 pp.
- 'Science for Survival and Sustainable Development', edited with an Introduction by M.S.S.,, pp. XII-427.
- 'La Strategia Filosofica di Fides et Ratio', Alpha Omega, III, fas. 2,, pp. 329–339.
- 'The Social Dimensions of Globalisation', edited with a Foreword by M.S.S.,, pp. 93.
- 'Science and the Future of Mankind - Science for Man and Man for Science', edited with an Introduction by M.S.S., pp. XVII-527.
- 'Les Enjeux de la Connaissance Scientifique pour l'homme d'aujourd'hui', edited with an Introduction by M.S.S., pp. XI-102.
- 'Per una Metafisica aperta alla Fede', Aquinas, XLIV, fas. 1, pp. 35–47.
- 'Per una Rivalutazione della Nozione di Sapienza', Vita e Pensiero, LXXXIV, fas. 3, pp. 244–263.
- 'Los Desafíos del Cristiano à la luz de la Pontificia Academia de las Ciencias', Embajada Argentina de la Santa Sede, Ciclo de Conferencias, nro. 16,, pp. 1–24.
- 'Globalization Ethical and Institutional Concerns', edited by M.S.S., pp. 408.
- 'Globalisation and Humanity: New Perspectives', in AA.VV, A Dialogue on Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities for Counhtries,, pp. 11–28.
- 'The new approach on Ethics of Sciences: COMEST-Berlin 2001', in World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology,, pp. 35–53.
- 'La dignità della persona: tra accanimento terapeutico e rischio di abbandono', in AA.VV., Etica e Vita Umana,, pp. 32– 65.
- 'Problemi sul Cristianesimo', Nuntium, V, fas. 3,, pp. 49–63.
- 'The Challenger of Sciences - A Tribute to the Memory of Carlos Chagas', edited with an Introduction by M.S.S., pp. XIX-168.
- 'The Pontifical Academy of Sciences: a Historical Profile in Education', in The Challenges for Science - Education for the Twenty-First Century,, pp. 272–290.
- 'Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze', in Dizionario Interdisciplinare di Scienza e Fede,, vol. 1, pp. 1084–1092.
- 'Sulla Verità della Scienza', Doctor Communis, II n.s.,, pp. 45–68.
- 'Science and Truth: Observations on the Truth of Science', Analecta Husserliana, vol. LXVII,, pp. 49–73.
- 'Globalización y Solidaridad', FundaciónBanco de Boston,, 43 pp.
- 'Globalizzazione e Solidarietà', Extra Series 15,, 42 pp.
- 'Intergenerational Solidarity', edited by M.S.S.,, pp. 251.
- 'Globalisation and Inequalities', edited by M.S.S.,, pp. 192.
- 'Reflexiones sobre Dios en el siglo XX', in Nuntium, año 3, numero 6,, pp. 160–168.
- 'Terrorism, Culture and John Paul II', edited by M.S.S. and Caude Manoli, World Federation of Scientists,, 183 pp.
- 'Globalisation and Terrorism', in Terrorism, Culture and John Paul II,, pp. 45–75.
- 'Papal Addresses, to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences 1917-2002 and to the Pontifical Academy of social Sciences', edited with an Introduction, notes and index by M.S.S.,, pp. LIV-524.
- 'Il Padre e il Figlio amano se stessi e noi per lo Spirito Santo ', in Doctor Communis, fasc. 2,, pp. 41–57.
- 'The Truth Is the Goal of the Universe', in E. Majorana Center for Scientific Culture,, pp. 191–196.
- 'La rilettura storica speculativa della filosofia', in Audacia della ragione e inculturazione della fede,, pp. 245–260.
- 'Una sintesi di umanesimo e scienza', in V. De Cesare, Per l'Europa,, pp. 58–61.
- 'For a Catholic Vision of the Economy', in Journal of Markets &Morality, Volume 6, Number 1,, pp. 7–31,
- 'Per una cultura aperta alla fede', in La Chiesa a servizio dell'uomo, Giovanni Paolo II XXV anni di Pontificato,, pp. 144–152.
- 'The Pontifical Academy of Sciences: A Historical Profile', The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Extra Series 16,, pp. 24.
- 'Cien Años de Magisterio Pontificio para las Ciencias', Pontificia Academia de las Ciencias, Extra Series 19,, pp. 58.
- 'Science and Reality', Analecta Husserliana, vol. LXXIX,, pp. 821–833.
- 'The Four-Hundredth Anniversary of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences', edited with an Introduction and index by M.S.S., The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Acta 17,, pp. 170.
- 'The Governance of Globalisation', E. Malinvaud, L. Sabourin and M. S. S.,, pp. XXXV-403.
- ‘Pour un nouvel humanisme scientifique’, in EWHUM, posté 14 giugno 2004,
- 'Globalizar la solidaridad', Ciclo de Conferencias CEFOP, pp. 58.
- 'Il Magistero dei Papi per la Pace e l'Accademia delle Scienze', in G. Prestipino, Guerra e Pace,, pp. 83–110.
- 'Globalisation and Solidarity', in A. D. Rotfeld, New Political Act for the United Nations,, pp. 160–205.
- 'Human Security, Charity and Justice', in A. D. Rotfeld, New Threats, New Responses,, pp. 130–135,
- 'Globalisation, Justice and Charity', Extra Series 20,, 20 pp.
- 'Globalizacion y Justicia Social', Extra Series 21,, 28 pp.
- ‘Globalizzare la giustizia’, in I diritti umani nel mondo globalizzato, a cura di E. Conti,, pp. 61–74.
- ‘The Pontifical Academy of Sciences’, in Interdisciplinary Encyclopaedia of Religion and Science, ed. by G. Tanzella and A. Strumia, Roma 2005,
- ‘Globalisation and Learning’, in Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 8, No. 1, Issue of 15 April, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso,,
- Conceptualization of the Person in Social Sciences... VATICAN: The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
- ‘El Padre y el Hijo se aman y nos aman por el Espíritu Santo’, in A. Galli, Homenaje al P. Ricardo Ferrara, pp. 80–120.
- ‘The Various Transcendent Levels of the Sacred in History: The East, Natural Religion, and Revealed Religion’ in M. S. S., The Sacred, pp. 69–81.
- ‘Femminismo e filosofia contemporanea’, in A. Luciani, Nuovo Femminismo, pp. 35–64.
- ‘La educación como el arte de devenir sí mismo en un mundo globalizado’ In AA. VV. La educacion hoy,, pp 35–58.
- ‘La liberta' della Scienza, in E. Conti, Le liberta', pp. 25-39.
- ‘Globalizacion y justicia internacional’, in E. D. Bautista, Globalización y justicia internacional,, pp. 263–291.
- ‘Why the Concept of Brain Death is Valid as a Definition of Death’, in M. S. S., The Signs of Death, pp. xxi-xxix, 388–394.
- ‘Statement on Globalization and Education’, in M. S. S., Globalisation and Education,, pp. 257–285.
- ‘Philosophy, Science, Faith’, in M. S. S., What is our Real Knowledge about the Human Being,, pp. 69–81.
- ‘Introduction’, in M. S. S., Stem Cells Technology and Other Innovative Therapies,, pp. vii-xi.
- ‘Justice in Potency’, in M. S. S., Charity and Justice Among Peoples and Nations,, pp. 150–165.