Hans Kung
Hans Kung
Hans Küngis a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. Since 1995 he has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic. He is notable for his rejection of the doctrine of papal infallibility. Although Küng is not officially allowed to teach Catholic theology, his priestly faculties have not been revoked. In 1979, he had to leave the Catholic faculty, but remained at the University of Tübingen as a professor of ecumenical theology, serving as an emeritus professor since 1996...
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But we must wait and see, for experience shows that the papacy in the Catholic Church today is such a challenge that it can change anyone.
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In the question of homosexuality, the Vatican was rather permissive or lenient, with regard to all these crimes of sexual abuse.
tradition
I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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There's no use casting doubt on (scientific) results with some little problems, as the intelligent-design people or the creationists do. What's there is there. A theologian should not cast doubt on a scientific consensus, but see how he can deal with it.
convinced human unity
We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family.
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Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language.
certainly grassroots
We are certainly at an impasse, because on the grassroots level, we have a lot of ecumenical understanding, encounter, cooperation, even liturgy.
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All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.
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God's love does not protect us from suffering. God's love protects us in the midst of suffering.
dialogue nations
There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.
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If you cannot see that divinity includes male and female characteristics and at the same time transcends them, you have bad consequences. Rome and Cardinal O'Connor base the exclusion of women priests on the idea that God is the Father and Jesus is His Son, there were only male disciples, etc. They are defending a patriarchal Church with a patriarchal God. We must fight the patriarchal misunderstanding of God.
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In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
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There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.