''Communio'' is a federation of theological journals, founded in 1972 by

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, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac, Walter Kasper, Marc Ouellet,

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, and others. ''Communio'', now published in fifteen editions (including German, English and Spanish), has become one of the most important journals of

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thought. The journals are independently edited, but also publish translations of each other's articles. It is often considered to be the sister publication and theological rival to the journal '' Concilium'', which was founded in 1965 intending to keep the "

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" in the Catholic Church after the sessions of the

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had ended.

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Communio: International Catholic Review
Catholic theology and doctrine Catholic studies journals Multilingual journals Publications established in 1972 {{Catholic-Church-journal-stub

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