{"id":1775,"date":"2009-11-03T17:19:51","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T17:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2009\/11\/vatican-newspaper-denounces-sw.php"},"modified":"2009-11-03T17:19:51","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T17:19:51","slug":"vatican-newspaper-denounces-sw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2009\/11\/vatican-newspaper-denounces-sw","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Newspaper Denounces Swiss Theologian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROME (RNS\/ENI) The Vatican newspaper has criticized the Swiss-born Roman Catholic theologian Hans Kung after he accused Pope Benedict XVI of an &#8220;unecumenical luring away&#8221; of discontented Anglicans.<br \/>\nA column signed by the editor of L&#8217;Osservatore Romano, Giovanni Maria Vian, in Thursday&#8217;s (Oct. 29) edition said an article by Kung published in several European newspapers contained &#8220;lies and inaccuracies&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe Vatican announced in October that Benedict will set up a structure to allow former Anglicans to enter full communion with the Catholic Church, while preserving elements of Anglican spiritual and liturgical practices.<br \/>\nObservers have said the scheme is directed mainly at Anglicans who disagree with the ordination of women and of homosexuals.<br \/>\nIn his article, published in English by The Guardian newspaper in London, Kung described Benedict&#8217;s action as &#8220;a dramatic change of course: steering away from the well-proven ecumenical strategy of eye-level dialogue and honest understanding.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;The Roman thirst for power divides Christianity and damages its own church,&#8221; Kung wrote. &#8220;It is a tragedy.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Vatican revoked Kung&#8217;s license to teach Catholic theology in 1979 after he criticized church teachings on papal infallibility and the virgin birth.<br \/>\nThe Vatican newspaper accused Kung of distorting Benedict&#8217;s intentions, &#8220;an action that aims at restoring the unity [of the Church] desired by Christ.&#8221;<br \/>\nBenedict, who was then Joseph Ratzinger, was a colleague of Kung when both were theology professors at Germany&#8217;s Tubingen University.<br \/>\nFive months after his election in 2005, Benedict invited Kung, to a friendly meeting.<br \/>\nHowever, &#8220;Since then, with influential media unfailingly repeating his words, Kung has several times criticized Benedict XVI harshly and without foundation,&#8221; Vian wrote.<br \/>\n<em>By Luigi Sandri<br \/>\nCopyright 2009 Religion News Service. 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