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CITY (NC). Addressing 7,000 listeners, Pope Paul said recently that youth was "seeking an.ziously a vocation which is truly worth the trouble of living with silent, yet not mistaken heroism."
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The Pope suggested that "Don't ask us for what youth try the "simple, the Church can't give you." honest and peaceful" Chris- he told youth. tian way of living. "We no longer know anyHe said that the new gen- thing about earthly happieration had suffered from ness." the "upsetting experience of "But if you ask the secrecent wars and a type of ret of true living," he said, living which is without "we can teach you that and ideals and has only shallow help you live it." values." The Pope said that the He cited the bad effects "simple, honest and peaceof "socio-political concepts ful" Christian way of livwhich are incomplete, per- ing was "the path of strong, haps inhuman and scornful austere, joyful men who live of the ideals of the spirit the modern life in a poor and higher truths." and modest way. The Pontiff said that the "Yet they are sustained Church was igriorant about by true ideas and transcenwhat made up the "riches, dent communion which force and fascination of the makes the spirit happy in external world." adversity."
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on your GERMAN BISHOPS WARN PRIEST shopping list... ...& earn hider interest on your savings ON 'SERIOUS BONN (NC/. The German Bishops' Conference has charged that Father Hans Kueng has failed to correct serious errors in his book "On Being a Christian", despite repeated warnings in the past couple of years. between Father Kueng and
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In a response released in The statement issued by the German hierarchy over Tuebingen, Father Kueng the German bishops in the issues raised in his book. confirmed that the book is Bonn was the latest round to be published in three While crediting Father in a running battle between months. Kueng's purpose in the book the bishops and the controChristian He expressed regret that versial Swiss -born theolo- of expounding gian, who teaches at Tue- faith in terms acceptable to "the bishops were not pat. contemporary society, the ient enough" to wait for the bingen University in Gerbishops insisted that official book. many. Church teaching must be It was accompanied by He also reiterated that he respected without reserva10 pages of documentation tion, especially with regard "never questioned the div revealing correspondence to the divinity ins Sonship of Jesus:" of Christ. QUESTIONS UNANSWERED
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From the correspondence appeared that Father Kueng has not yet answered three specific questions aised by the bishops, al hough he admitted that "some of my Christologicat iews need qualification." it
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The meeting had been proposed originally by the late Cardinal Julius DoepfHe said that his personal ner of Munich, who had correspondence with the been asked to take the inibishops should never have tiative by Vatican authoribeen released without his ap- ties. proval, and charged that the When the hook came out bishops have adopted "a In Italian translation last doctrinaire approach from year, it was attacked by the their own point of view Vatican daily newspaper, without self-criticism." "L'Osservatore Romanno," People expected "not de- and by Vatican Radio. It is not the first time nunciations, but constructive answers to the questions that Father Kueng has at stake," Father Kueng drawn the wrath of ecclesiastical authorities for his said. writings.
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of his views on the person and salvific role of Christ. Some critics of the book say that it denies Christ's divinity, while others say only that it does not deal adequately with such issues as Christ's divinity or His pre-existence, incarnation, and lordship.
attempt to deal with those man Bishops' Conference doubts in his forthcoming last January to discuss his clew book, which be agreed views, it was agreed that he iast January to publish as a would publish a hook withresult of a request of the in a year to give what the German bishops to explain bishops considered an "urghis positions. ently required" clarification
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