One of the world's most prominent Catholic theologians has called for a revolution from below to unseat the pope and force radical reform at the Vatican.It goes downhill from there. But if you are some sort of masochist you can read the rest here.
Hans Küng is appealing to priests and churchgoers to confront the Catholic hierarchy, which he says is corrupt, lacking credibility and apathetic to the real concerns of the church's members.
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Küng, who had close contact with the pope when the two worked together as young theologians, described the church as an "authoritarian system" with parallels to Germany's Nazi dictatorship.
"The unconditional obedience demanded of bishops who swear their allegiance to the pope when they make their holy oath is almost as extreme as that of the German generals who were forced to swear an oath of allegiance to Hitler," he said.
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I think the issue you quote about parallels traditional Orthodox teaching. Have you for example ever read Dostoevsky?
ReplyDeleteAt least the Catholic Church has the balls to make explicit what other Churches demand by culture and coercion under the guise of pastoral leadership.
ReplyDeleteThere's no fool like an old fool. Although his kind have done their damage to the church, nobody's following him anymore. Good.
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