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Hans Küng (Photo by picture-alliance/MaxPPP) To this very day, I still don't know how he got my mobile phone number. But I do remember that morning in January 2009 as if it were only yesterday. The phone rang and the voice on the other end of the line said, "Robert Mickens, this is Hans Küng." I was shocked, quite frankly. My only other encounter with the famous Swiss theologian was also over the telephone. But it was a call I made to him from my landline in Rome. That was in September 2005 while putting together an article for

Apr 9, 2021 | liturgy | Hans Küng (19 March 1928 – 6 April 2021) was a highly influential Roman Catholic priest and Swiss theologian. After questioning papal infallibility in his book Infallible? An Inquiry (1971), he was no longer allowed to teach as a Catholic theologian, he was allowed to continue to function as a priest, and he remained at the University of Tübingen as a professor of ecumenical theology. Küng was ordained a priest in 1954 after having studied philosophy and theology in Latin for seven years at Rome’s Gregorian University. He then studied in French for three year...

Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Küng dies at 93 Father Küng was one of the sharpest critics of St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI Trending Father Hans Küng receives an honorary degree from the National University of Distance Education in Madrid, Spain, on Jan. 27, 2011. (Photo: Wikimedia) Father Hans Küng, the prominent and sometimes controversial Swiss Catholic theologian, died peacefully in his sleep in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, where he had lived and lectured since 1960, said a spokesman for his Global Ethic Foundation. He was 93. Father Küng was one of the most ou...

Prominent Vatican critic Hans Küng dies at 93 Küng, standing next to a bust during a ceremony in 2005. Keystone/Bernd Weissbrod Swiss theologian Hans Küng, one of the most outspoken critics of the Roman Catholic church, has died aged 93. This content was published on April 7, 2021 - 10:55 April 7, 2021 - 10:55 swissinfo.ch/urs Küng passed away in the German town of Tübingen, where he had lived and lectured since the 1960s, his Global Ethic FoundationExternal link announced on Tuesday. He gained a reputation as a prolific writer, promoting dialogue among religions as well as cha...

Swiss-born Father Hans Küng, theologian, dies at 93 Swiss-born Father Hans Küng, theologian, dies at 93 Swiss-born Father Hans Küng, a prominent and sometimes controversial theologian who taught in Germany, died April 6, 2021, at age 93. Father Küng is pictured in a 2015 photo. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA) By: Anli Serfontein Date: April 6, 2021 BERLIN (CNS) — Father Hans Küng, the prominent and sometimes controversial Swiss Catholic theologian, died peacefully in his sleep in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, where he had lived and lectured since 1960, said a ...