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Hans Küng and the Roman System
Hans Küng is not allowed to teach “Catholic theology,” but he remains with the Roman communion, apparently teaches ecumenical theology at the University of Tübingen, and is still a priest (i.e. he has not been defrocked). Unlike most priests, he has been invited to the pope’s summer palace and corresponds occasionally with the pope. However,…
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Another Consequence of Forbidding Marriage to Clergy
We have previously noted that one consequence of forbidding marriage to clergy is that one gets a higher ratio of homosexual clergyman (link to brief discussion). Another consequence is that priests do to nuns the kinds of things that Maria Monk reported (link to Vatican’s acknowledgment that this happens). The report makes Steve Hays’ satire…
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Let Hans Kung Explain …
… why the papal attempt to cause schism within Anglicanism is likely to undermine Rome’s ecumenical attempts (link). I don’t endorse or even like Kung. He’s a Roman Catholic priest, whose authority to teach theology has been revoked by the Vatican (as of 1979, I believe). Back in the 60’s he used to work with…