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FaithShort Take
Thomas J. Reese
The purpose of a transparent and collegial process is to develop good liturgy that is supported by a consensus within the community.
Father Hans Küng is pictured in his office in Tübingen, Germany, in this February 2008 file photo. Father Küng, a prominent and sometimes controversial theologian who taught in Germany, died April 6, 2021, at age 93. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)
FaithFaith in Focus
Gerald O'Collins
Hans Küng was only 34 years of age when a visit to the United States firmly established him as the leading theologian of the time.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
German and Swiss bishops who knew and worked with Father Hans Küng described him as a man who loved the Catholic Church, even though the theologian sometimes went beyond the limits of Catholic doctrine and criticized the decisions of church leaders.
Hans Küng at the German Protestant Church Congress, Duesseldorf, Germany, Sept. 6, 1985 (INTERFOTO / Alamy Stock Photo)
FaithNews
Roger Haight, S.J.
Hans Küng was first in flair and media savviness among 20th-century theologians.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
A new Vatican instruction seeks to ensure that there is order in the celebration of the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and that Masses are celebrated in accordance with the norms and spirit of the liturgical renewal of the Second Vatican Council.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
"[Vatican II] is the magisterium of the church. Either you are with the church and therefore you follow the council, or if you do not follow the council or you interpret it in your own way, as you wish, you are not with the church."