A thorn in the side of the Papacy
Saturday, 28th April 2001
The nearest our Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has to a guru or spiritual adviser would seem to be the Swiss priest and theologian, Hans KŸng. Last year Mr Blair took time off from discussing affairs of state with the German Chancellor, Gerhard Schršder, to visit KŸng in TŸbingen and more recently KŸng has been to tea at Downing Street.
For those who would like to know more about KŸng but baulk at reading his substantial works of theology, I can recommend this short history of the Catholic Church. As history it is of little value but as a tract it is revealing. The point of departure is the Second Vatican Council which the young KŸng attended as a peritus or theological consultant. He enthusiastically supported the radical changes found in its decrees: the end of the Church's age-old animosity towards other religions; the change from Latin to the vernacular in the liturgy; communion in both kinds, and so on.
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