{"id":8632,"date":"2025-10-03T01:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T01:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legionariosdecristo.org\/?p=8632"},"modified":"2025-11-14T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:41:08","slug":"p-jesus-villagrasa-l-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/blog\/2025\/10\/p-jesus-villagrasa-l-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Jes\u00fas Villagrasa, L.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fr. Jes\u00fas Villagrasa, L.C., was born in 1963 in Zaragoza, Spain. He entered the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in Salamanca on September 15, 1981, and made his perpetual profession on October 8, 1989. He was ordained a priest on November 25, 1994. He holds a doctorate in philosophy, a licentiate in theology, and a licentiate in bioethics. Since 1999, he has been a full professor of metaphysics in the philosophy faculty of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum. 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