Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas

[2] Through Pecci, PAST helped establish Thomist programs at Bologna, Fribourg (Switzerland), Paris, and Lowden.

After his death in 1996, Pope John Paul II reformed the academy on 28 January 1999 with his apostolic letter Inter munera Academiarium, issued shortly after his encyclical Fides et ratio.

[3] The academy was founded in 1879 by Pope Leo XIII to study and promote the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas in service to the Church and the world.

[4] The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas is temporarily headquartered in the Casina Pio IV in the Vatican City.

The scholars decided to adopt annual themes for their meetings to align with the interests and priorities expressed by the pope.