Vatican Post and Philately of the Governorate of Vatican City issued new stamps, postcards and aerograms to celebrate some important anniversaries and important events among which includes the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Pontifical Alphonsian Academy.
Founded by the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on February 9, 1949, the Alphonsian Academy, Pontifical Higher Institute of Moral Theology, was incorporated into the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University on August 2, 1960 as a center of excellence for specialization in moral theological disciplines.
In the spirit of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, a renovator of moral knowledge in his century, and in harmony with the Magisterium of the Church, the Academy takes special care to perfect moral theology, paying particular attention to the total knowledge of the human being in his personal and Christian dimension. It is therefore the realization of the great dream of the Redemptorist Congregation, of a ministry that arises from the depths of its missionary spirit, according to the charism and example of the founder Saint Alphonsus, patron of moralists and confessors, proclaimed Doctor of the Church in 1871.
Just as St. Alphonsus wrote his famous Theologia Moralis to prepare and help priests and other ministers in the guidance of their faithful, for the growth and sanctification of Christian life, in the same way the Alphonsian Academy prepares and helps students, religious and lay, in the guidance of their Christian community. With a decree of January 16, 2023, the Holy Father Francis then granted the Alphonsian Academy the prestigious title of “Pontifical.”
(Source: Vatican News)
