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Hans Küng, influential dissident theologian, dead at 93

News: Theology

The Pillar
Apr 06, 2021
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Fr. Hans Küng, an influential Swiss Catholic priest and theologian who was forbidden from teaching theology because he dissented from Catholic doctrine, has died. The priest was 93 years old.

Fr. Hans Kung. Credit: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. CC BY SA 2.0

The priest was a contemporary of Joseph Ratzinger, later Benedict XVI, with whom …

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