Católica launches biography of Dom António Ribeiro
Dom António Ribeiro, was a man who "thought in his time and ahead of it" and "a true pastor for the circumstances", in the words of Isabel Capeloa Gil, Rector of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, who marked the launch of the biography of the 2nd High Chancellor of the university, which took place last March 24 at UCP.
This is the second volume of the Timeline collection - Timeless Biographies, a series born from the strategic partnership between the Fundação Amélia de Mello and UCP, which aims to make known the legacy of great figures in the history of the university. The Rector, who took the opportunity to thank the foundation for its support, mentioned that "among the personalities who have made the UCP what it is today, is Cardinal Dom António Ribeiro, 2nd High Chancellor, who dedicated a great deal to it", reason why it is urgent to celebrate his life in the volume now launched.
This opinion is shared by Vasco de Mello, President of the foundation, who sees the collection of biographies of personalities as "a just and deserved recognition for the role they played in the Portuguese society" and in particular in the history of UCP.
Peter Hanenberg, Vice-Rector of UCP, underlined that these biographies are both temporal "because they allow us, through the figures, to understand an entire time", and timeless because they accompany us in time, as is the case of the legacy of Dom António Ribeiro.
For the author and Senior Researcher of NOVA FCSH-IPRI, Paula Borges Santos, the biographed is "a figure particularly dear to her", who despite not having known personally, has accompanied her since childhood, through his popular television interventions. Her greatest wish is that the book which intends to "rescue Dom António from a somewhat lesser place for the work and the dimension, for the stature he had and for the leadership with which he led the Catholic Church", be read, received and criticised.
D. Manuel Clemente, Cardinal Patriarch of Lisboa, who presided the session, congratulated the author for capturing the animus of Dom António Ribeiro and invited a careful reading of her words that give us an insight into his history and the impact of his legacy on Portuguese society, the Portuguese Catholic Church, and UCP.
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