Communio

Article summary

Communio ( ) is a federation of theological journals founded in 1972 by Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI), Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Henri de Lubac. Communio is now published in thirteen editions (including German, English, and Spanish). 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 "spirit of Vatican II" in the Catholic Church after the sessions of the Second Vatican Council had ended. The Communio school emphasized papal primacy and the centralization of the Catholic Church.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1972 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1965 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1972". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1965". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374192031