The Vatican press office announced the appointment today of the priest, who was already serving on the academy’s academic council, and is also a consultor of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
He was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1941 and was ordained a priest in 1966.
Monsignor Clavell is currently a professor in the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, where he formerly served as rector.
The St. Thomas Aquinas academy was founded in 1879 by Pope Leo XIII and has the objective of carrying out research, explaining and disseminating the teaching of its patron.
