Father Thomas Petri, O.P.

Father Thomas Petri, O.P., President of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, discusses St. John Paul II's theology of the body and its connection to St. Thomas Aquinas. They explore the concept of the spousal meaning of the body, the effects of original sin on relationships, the link between Theology of the Body and contraception, the relationship between the immaterial and material in human thought, achieving harmony and virtue, the formal element of marriage, and the importance of St. John Paul II's book and St. Thomas Aquinas in The Theology of the Body.

Father Thomas Petri, O.P., President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, discusses the Catholic understanding of Purgatory, consequences of sin, the transformative nature of satisfaction, and the concept of purgatory as a place of rebuilding and enhancing holiness.