Professor Antonio Aranda, in a moment of speech. PHOTO: Manuel Castells

The University of Navarra has celebrated the investiture of 200 new doctors, who have defended their thesis in the academic center since June 2010. 23 of them belong to the Schools Ecclesiastics: 15 of Theology, 6 of Ecclesiastics of Philosophy and 2 of Canon Law. They come from Spain, Mexico, Philippines, Peru, Chile, Cameroon, Ecuador, Guatemala, Portugal, Uruguay and Poland.

The sponsor of the graduating class was Antonio Aranda, professor at School of Theology. Recalling John Paul II, he called for the elaboration of a "creative Christian thought" to answer the question of what man is: "A thought of these characteristics - which is always intellectually attractive, as the history of European culture testifies - calls for exchange of reflections, multidisciplinarity, between theology, Philosophy and the sciences".

Thus, he exhorted Christian intellectuals to feel challenged by this task and to "accept this great challenge from their own field staff and professionally".

speech by Professor Antonio Aranda

The new doctors

School of Theology
Silvia Albareda Tiana (Spain)
Felipe de Jesús Álvarez Miranda (Mexico)
Carlos Alberto Blanco Pérez (Spain)
Angelo Antonio Jarnero Brucal (Philippines)
Javier Bujalance Fernández-Quero(Spain)
Alberto Alberto Garnique de la Barrera (Peru)
Jorge Federico Herrera Gabler (Chile)
Abraham Ndongo Minkala (Cameroon)
Álvaro Ignacio Palacios Díez (Spain)
Juan Miguel Rodríguez Llamas (Ecuador)
Ángel Manuel Sánchez Solís (Spain)
Mario Vera Juárez (Mexico)
José Mª Viñolas Esteva (Spain)
Juan Pablo Wong González (Mexico)
Miguel Ángel Xicay Martín (Guatemala)

School Eclesiásticade Philosophy
Fernando Armas Asin (Peru)
José Rafael Espirito Santo (Portugal)
José Mª García Castro (Spain)
José Manuel Giménez Amaya (Spain)
César Ricardo Montijo Rivas (Mexico)
Ricardo Rovira Reich (Uruguay)

School de Canon Law
Ignacio Granado Hijelmo
Rafal Holubowicz (Poland)