On March 31, the bishops of France announced that they would petition the Holy See for permission to open a beatification cause for Jesuit Father Henri de Lubac. Whatever the outcome of the cause, ...

A story that has circulated for many years at America involves an editorial dispute from years past over whether Bruce Springsteen should be identified as “the rock singer Bruce Springsteen” or if his ...

If you’ve dipped a toe or two in the history of the Second Vatican Council, you’ll recognize the name Henri de Lubac. De Lubac was a highly influential theologian and voice of the council. He’s worth ...

French bishops have voted to open the sainthood cause of 20th-century theologian Henri de Lubac. The French bishops’ conference announced on March 31 that the opening of de Lubac’s cause for ...

Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared in the Sept. 28, 1991 issue of America, titled “Henri de Lubac: In Appreciation.” Together with Rahner, Lonergan, Murray, von Balthasar, Chenu and Congar, ...

ROME – Last week the French bishops voted in favor of opening a beatification cause for the late Cardinal Henri de Lubac, a celebrated theologian whose writings influenced not only the Second Vatican ...

A Paris priest has been awarded the “Cardinal Henri de Lubac” literary prize for his thesis on the respect for human life. Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, ...

Henri de Lubac refused to accept the idea of a fixed gulf between the natural and the supernatural. His thought consistently stresses that divine and human are not in some kind of zero-sum relation.

Distinctly Catholic: Conservative and liberal narratives both start with a reading of American history and then look for religious rationalizations for stances arrived at by other means.