Vatican paper editor defends Pope from Fr. Hans Küng's sex abuse criticism

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Gian Vian, the director of L’Osservatore Romano responded last week to an article written by a German priest and theologian aimed at discrediting the Pope and German hierarchy. Vian described the article as “mediocre and of terrible taste” and noted that “it wouldn’t deserve a response but as the attacks of the Pontiff are direct and explicit it might be opportune to say some words."
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Fr. Hans Küng, an old colleague of Pope Benedict XVI from when they were both Theology professors in Tübingen in the 1960s, wrote an article for last Thursday’s edition of Italy’s “La Repubblica” newspaper in which he called for a direct apology to German sex abuse victims from Pope Benedict XVI. He claimed the Holy Father is “the man who has been for decades the main person responsible for the hiding of these abuses on a worldwide level.”
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In a seething tone, he denied the Pope’s definition of celibacy as a “precious gift” saying that the Pontiff ignores biblical teachings that specifically allow married clergy. He further demanded recognition from German bishops and the Pope for their responsibility in cases of abuse.
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In the course of the article, he also specifically denounced the president of the German bishops, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, for his statement that “all experts” exclude the possibility that celibacy is directly related to pedophilia.
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Read more here: catholicnewsagency.com/news/vatican_newspaper_editor_defends_pope_from_german_theologians_article/
 
Kueng has been controversial for a long time. Not much new here.
 
Considering how kind the Pope has been to Kung this seems awfully ungrateful.
 
Certainly no news here. Who else is the Vatican paper going to stand up for?
 
Fr. Hans Küng, an old colleague of Pope Benedict XVI from when they were both Theology professors in Tübingen in the 1960s, wrote an article for last Thursday’s edition of Italy’s “La Repubblica” newspaper in which he called for a direct apology to German sex abuse victims from Pope Benedict XVI. He claimed the Holy Father is “the man who has been for decades the main person responsible for the hiding of these abuses on a worldwide level.”

A condemnation from Küng is the best possible endorsement for the Holy Father possible!!

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I read Fr. Kung’s statements and I found them to be inappropriate and cruel. I was very disappointed. Even though I have disagreed with Father’s positions on many subjects, I always admired his intellectual abilities, though not his conclusions. But this article is filled with many assumptions and not proofs. Rather than help resolve a problem, it simply adds fuel to the fire. I certainly believe that the role of any person of good-will, Catholic or not, is to suggest solutions to a problem, not try to aggravate it with character assaults.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
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