Papal meeting gives Kung hope.Ecumenical News International Rome Dissident Roman Catholic theologian Hans Kung says he is hoping for new openness from the Vatican after he met with Pope Benedict XVI  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. on Sept. 24 at the pontiff's summer residence near Rome. "I hope that my meeting with the Pope is a sign that the great problems facing the church and its faithful will be re-discussed in an open fashion," Mr. Kung said, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. Mr. Kung's licence to teach Roman Catholic theology was revoked by the Vatican in 1979 after he cast a critical eye on concepts such as papal infallibility and the virgin birth. Efforts by Mr. Kung to meet Pope Benedict's predecessor, Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła , came to nothing. Mr. Kung, who is now noted as a pioneer of dialogue with non-Christian faiths through his Global Ethic Foundation, and Pope Benedict met in a "friendly atmosphere," Vatican spokesperson Joaquin Navarro Valls Doctor Joaquín Navarro Valls, M.D., (born November 16, 1936, Cartagena, Spain) was the Director of the Holy See (Vatican) Press Office, taking the post in 1984. His role as the press liaison between the Vatican and the world press corps gave him perhaps the highest visibility of said. |
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