Can We Save the Catholic Church?

Resumen del libro

The Catholic Church has been nearly destroyed by its resistance to change, censured for its abuses. Pope Francis has promised reform: radical theologian Hans Kung 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 Kung 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 Kung 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.

Biografía del autor

Nacido en 1928 en Sursee (Suiza), es profesor emérito de la Universidad de Tubinga y uno de los pensadores sobresalientes de nuestro tiempo. Después de estudiar filosofía y teología en Roma y París, se dedicó a actividades de pastoral práctica, y a partir de 1960 fue profesor de Teología Ecuménica en Tubinga. Participó activamente en el concilio Vaticano II como perito. En 1979 el Vaticano le retiró la licencia eclesiástica para enseñar. Fruto de su estudio de las religiones mundiales son el Proyecto de una ética mundial y la creación de la Fundación Ética Mundial, que preside desde 1995. Entre sus libros más recientes destacan los dos volúmenes de sus memorias, Libertad conquistada (42007) y Verdad controvertida (22009), y Lo que yo creo (32011), publicados en esta misma Editorial.<br><br><br>