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CAN WE SAVE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?
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CAN WE SAVE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? Paperback - 2013

by KUNG, HANS

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  • Title CAN WE SAVE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?
  • Author KUNG, HANS
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First U.K. Editi
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HARPER COLLINS, London
  • Date 2013-10
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1327570
  • ISBN 9780007522026 / 0007522029
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.8 in (23.88 x 15.75 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Catholic
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Catholic Church, Church renewal - Catholic Church
  • Dewey Decimal Code 282

From the publisher

The Catholic Church has been nearly destroyed by its resistance to change, censured for its abuses. Pope Francis has promised reform: radical theologian Hans Kng here presents what Catholics have long been yearning for: modern responses to the challenges of a modern world.

In 1962 the Second Vatican Council met in the hope they could, in the words of Pope John XXIII, 'open the windows of the Church and let some fresh air in.' Hans Kng and Joseph Ratzinger, the future pope, were both there.

In Can We Save the Catholic Church? Kung relates how after fifty years the Church has only grown more conservative. Refusing to open dialogue on celibacy for priests; the role of women in the priesthood; homosexuality; or the use of contraception even to prevent AIDS, the Papacy has lost touch. Now, amid widespread disillusion over child abuse, the future of Catholicism is in crisis.

Pope Francis seems sincere in his wish for a more compassionate Church. The time is ripe for reform, and here Kng calls for a complete renewal of the Church. As grassroots support grows Can We Save the Catholic Church? makes an inspiring and compelling case for offering a new Catholicism to the modern world.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2014, Page 24
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/24/2014, Page 0

About the author

Hans Kng is a Catholic priest and theologian. Together, he and Joseph Ratzinger were the youngest advisors at Vatican II, subsequently adopting opposite stances on the Church, with Ratzinger and the Vatican eventually trying to silence Kng for his rejection of Papal Infallability. Kng is a professor at the University of Tbingen and the founder of the Global Ethic Foundation. A a prolific author and respected commentator on Church matters, he is 84 years of age.

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