Dominican theologian Yves Congar has often been credited for his powerful influence at the Second Vatican Council. He was a member of the council's preparatory commission at the explicit request of ...

“There is no need to create another church, but to create a different church.” Pope Francis spoke these words on Oct. 9, 2021, before the formal opening of the Synod on Synodality the next day. The ...

I received one of the most important introductions to theology and to the world of one of the great theologians of the 20th century when I first opened the pages of Yves Congar's A History of Theology ...

Associate Professor of Theology Mary Ann Hinsdale, I.H.M., is this year's recipient of the Yves Congar Award for Theological Excellence. Named in honor of Cardinal Yves Congar, O.P. (1904-1995), the ...

The Rev. Joseph Ratzinger with French Dominican Father Yves Congar during the Second Vatican Council in 1962. (CNS photo from KNA) Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the May 6, 1967 ...

Yves Congar, 91, a theologian punished by the Vatican in the 1950s for his reformist views but rewarded last year by being named a cardinal, died Thursday in Paris after a long neurological illness.