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Vatican statement on Benedict and Kung meeting

Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released the
following declaration to journalists regarding a meeting between Pope
Benedict XVI and Professor Hans Kung

Tuesday, September 27, 2005
By Spero News

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Holy See
Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released the following
declaration to journalists regarding a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI
and Professor Hans Kung:

"On Saturday, September 24, a discussion took place between His
Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and Professor Hans Kung of Tubingen, Germany.
The meeting was held in a friendly atmosphere. Both sides agreed that it
made no sense, in the context of the meeting, to enter into a dispute on
the doctrinal questions that still persist between Hans Kung and the
Magisterium of the Catholic Church.

"The discussion thus concentrated on two subjects that have lately had
particular importance in Hans Kung's work: the question of 'Weltethos'
(world ethics) and the dialogue between the reason of the natural sciences
and the reason of Christian faith. Professor Kung emphasized that his
project of 'Weltethos' is by no means an abstract intellectual construct,
rather it throws light on the moral values around which the great
religions of the world converge, despite all their differences, and which
may be considered as valid criteria - given their convincing rationality -
by secular reason.

"The Pope welcomed Professor Kung's efforts to contribute to a renewed
recognition of the essential moral values of humanity through the dialogue
of religions and in the encounter with secular reason. He stressed that
the commitment to a renewed awareness of the values that sustain human
life is also an important objective of his own pontificate.

"At the same time, the Pope reaffirmed his agreement with Professor
Kung's attempt to revive the dialogue between faith and the natural
sciences, and to assert the reasonableness of and need for 'Gottesfrage'
(the question of God) to scientific thought. For his part, Professor Kung
expressed his praise for the Pope's efforts in favor of dialogue between
religions and towards meeting the different social groups of the modern
world."

Source: Vatican Information Service

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