{"id":3583,"date":"2009-10-28T17:54:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T17:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/anglican-watch-kung-criticizes-pope-for-piracy-of-priests.html"},"modified":"2009-10-28T17:54:15","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T17:54:15","slug":"anglican-watch-kung-criticizes-pope-for-piracy-of-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/anglican-watch-kung-criticizes-pope-for-piracy-of-priests.html","title":{"rendered":"Anglican watch: Kung criticizes pope for “piracy of priests”"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most famous — and infamous — Catholic theologians is not impressed<\/a> with Pope Benedict’s overture to the Anglicans: <\/p>\n

\n\"hans-kung.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Dissident theologian Father Hans Kung criticized Pope Benedict XVI for his recent opening to discontented Anglicans, charging the pope was “fishing” for the most conservative Christians to the detriment of the larger church. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Father Kung said the invitation to traditionalist Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church went against years of ecumenical work on the part of both churches, calling it instead “a nonecumenical piracy of priests.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nThe pope’s basic message is: “Traditionalists of all churches, unite under the dome of St. Peter’s!” Father Kung wrote in an editorial Oct. 28 in the Rome daily La Repubblica.
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\n“Look: The fisherman is fishing above all on the ‘right’ side of the lake. But the water is muddy,” he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out CNS for the rest.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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