Jesuit Profiles: Fr. Karl Rahner, S.J. 

This week, our series about influential Jesuit saints, prophets, and witnesses returns to the Xavier E-News. Drawn from the book All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time, each story in the monthly series delves into the life and experiences of a carefully selected Jesuit. This month, we study the legacy of Karl Rahner, arguably the foremost Catholic theologian of the 20th century.

Born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1904, Fr. Rahner was a prolific essayist whose substantial work composes more than twenty volumes of his Theological Investigations. Pope John XXIII named Rahner a theological expert to serve at the Second Vatican Council, where he contributed to commissions that reformed and renewed the Catholic Church. To read more about Rahner's life and work, click here.