{"id":1923,"date":"2005-09-27T10:05:23","date_gmt":"2005-09-27T10:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/kueng-updated.html"},"modified":"2005-09-27T10:05:23","modified_gmt":"2005-09-27T10:05:23","slug":"kueng-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/kueng-updated.html","title":{"rendered":"Kueng, updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allen updates his piece with an interview with Kueng<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s clear that we have different positions," K\u00fcng told NCR<\/em> in a telephone interview from his home in T\u00fcbingen, Germany. "But the things we have in common are more fundamental. We are both Christians, both priests in service of the church, and we have great personal respect for one another." <\/p>\n

A Sept. 26 statement from the Vatican did not say who had requested the meeting, but said that it took place in a "friendly climate" and that Benedict XVI offered special support for K\u00fcng’s efforts to build a Weltethos<\/em>, or a moral framework based on values shared among religions which can also be recognized by secular reason. <\/p>\n

That statement, K\u00fcng told NCR<\/em>, was prepared personally by the pope and shown to K\u00fcng for approval prior to release. <\/p>\n

Both parties agreed, according to the statement, that it did not make sense to go into the "persistent doctrinal questions" between K\u00fcng and the magisterium of the Catholic Church. <\/p>\n

"We should not have delusions," K\u00fcng said of what the meeting suggests about the pontificate of Benedict XVI. "His stances on church policy are not my own." <\/p>\n

Nevertheless, K\u00fcng said, he regards the meeting as a "sign of hope for many in the church with the same vision as mine." <\/p>\n

He described the session as "very joyful," with "no reproaches, no polemics." <\/p>\n

K\u00fcng said he did not request that Benedict XVI restore his license to teach Catholic theology. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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