Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo on the family in the new economy

Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Archbishop emeritus of Medellín (Colombia), was born on 8 November 1935 in Villahermosa, diocese of Ibagué (now the diocese of Líbano-Honda), Colombia. Having moved to Bogotá when he was a young boy, he was already a university student when he attended the local archdiocesan major seminary. He continued his studies in Rome and obtained his doctorate in philosophy from the Angelicum, also taking also courses in theology and sociology and also studying Marxism. After his ordination as priest on 13 November 1960...