Hans Kung este cunoscut drept un critic neobosit al Bisericii Catolice. Teologul liberal cu un condei foarte ascuţit pune întrebări incomode Papei Benedict al XVI-lea. Chestiunile ridicate de teologul catolic implică o problematică mult mai largă decît ultimul scandal din cadrul Bisericii Catolice.

Carl Trueman la auzul veştii comentează:

Checking my own legal responsibilities at Westminster, it would appear that, if child abuse was taking place on campus with my knowledge, and I did not immediately inform the police, I would be in serious legal difficulties – and that’s just the legal situation, before we even get to what my moral responsibilities might be.   At this point, to use the British terminology, one has to ask why the Pope isn’t down at the local constabulary, helping the police with their inquiries?

Iată cele cinci direcţii de discuţie lansate de Kung:

1st Question: Why does the pope continue to assert that what he calls „holy” celibacy is a „precious gift”, thus ignoring the biblical teaching that explicitly permits and even encourages marriage for all office holders in the Church?

2nd Question: Is it true, as Archbishop Zollitsch insists, that „all the experts” agree that abuse of minors by clergymen and the celibacy rule have nothing to do with each other?

3rd Question: Instead of merely asking pardon of the victims of abuse, should not the bishops at last admit their own share of blame?

4th Question: Is it not time for Pope Benedict XVI himself to acknowledge his share of responsibility, instead of whining about a campaign against his person? No other person in the Church has had to deal with so many cases of abuse crossing his desk.

He concludes quoting Bishop Tebartz van Elst of Limburg, “Conversion and repentance begin when guilt is openly admitted, when contrition is expressed in deeds and manifested as such, when responsibility is taken, and the chance for a new beginning is seized upon.”

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