tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post7899300160187543556..comments2024-01-17T03:08:25.317-06:00Comments on The Progressive Catholic Voice: Hans Küng Says Only Radical Reforms Can Save the Catholic ChurchPCV Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12519134580470262558noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-47572120782671627792011-05-10T21:35:09.766-05:002011-05-10T21:35:09.766-05:00I suspect that someone who doesn't go to churc...I suspect that someone who doesn't go to church very often wrote that. The numbers might not be huge, but there are very large numbers of young people who are finding a home in the Church.<br /><br />A good place to look for them is Pro-Life demonstrations. Another place will be in St. Peter's Square in Rome. Last weekend, 2 million were there for the Beatification of Pope John Paul II, mostly younger people. 400,000 are expected in Spain later this year for World Youth Day with an appearance by the Pope.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-85724275481799090312011-05-10T17:32:56.029-05:002011-05-10T17:32:56.029-05:00For a long time Hans Kung has been my great hero b...For a long time Hans Kung has been my great hero because some of his writing changed my life radically in working on my people and planet project. However, on a couple of occasions I have not agreed with him. One of those occasions is the above report by Anli Serfontein. Thanks PCV Editor for this find. <br />I have been writing for years now that I believe that the Roman Catholic Church and Christianity for that matter have run their course and why I make this claim. So as not to repeat myself having done so already too often, let me comment on the quote above. ."When will in our church the youth take to the street? That is our problem; we have no young people anymore," Educated youth of the twenty-first century live in a different world. They are a part of what I call the ‘post axial age faith phenomenon’ that is if they are faith seekers. The axial age of religions (see Loyal Rue) appears to have run its course. But in the reading, one has to move far beyond Loyal Rue’s references to be convinced that we are in transition from an axial age religion to a post-axial age faith phenomenon and why. So I understand Hans (beloved by so many) Kung’s nostalgia. Kung says Benedict is "in essence a person for medieval liturgy, theology and a medieval church constitution." Pope Benedict has a ways to go in understanding that we are twenty-first century people and we have taken a giant evolutionary leap as the species called Homo sapiens. Where everybody ‘is at’ is perfectly understandable; that is the nature of evolution. Desperately seeking coherence!Marie Schickel Rottschaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911306828067970778noreply@blogger.com