The Swiss Dominican, who teaches dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg, is best known for his study of Trinitarian theology.
Father Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP, the president of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, presented the award to Father Emery in Aquino on March 4.
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was in attendance.