The purpose of a transparent and collegial process is to develop good liturgy that is supported by a consensus within the community.
Vatican II
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‘I’m only trying to help people love Jesus more’: memories of Hans Küng from a Jesuit theologian
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.
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Bishops remember Hans Küng as a theologian who loved the Catholic Church
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.
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Hans Küng, influential Vatican II theologian censured by John Paul II, dies at 93
Hans Küng was first in flair and media savviness among 20th-century theologians.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
The Vatican restricts Traditional Latin Mass and suppresses private Masses at St. Peter’s Basilica
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.
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Pope Francis: Vatican II must be taught as part of church teaching, or ‘you are not with the church’
“[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.”
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What Joe Biden (and all American Catholics) owe Jesuit John Courtney Murray
At this juncture in American political and religious history, John Courtney Murray has something to say for the Catholic Church trying to recover a sense of itself in the public square.
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Who governs the Catholic Church? It’s an open question.
History shows that authority in the church has taken many forms.
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Jesuit Karl Rahner on what it means to love Jesus
The Christian of the future, as Karl Rahner, S.J. once suggested, will be one who has experienced a life-changing encounter with the living Jesus Christ.
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Even RBG thought Roe v. Wade went too far. We should learn from her incremental approach.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg thought the ruling in Roe v. Wade was correct but too sweeping.