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« on: October 04, 2013, 02:42:41 AM »
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  • The dissident theologian Hans Küng has revealed that he is considering assisted ѕυιcιdє.

    Küng, who at the age of 85 is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, writes in a forthcoming memoir that he does not “want to live on as a shadow of myself.” Questioning whether he will be able to continue living with dignity, he writes: “A scholar who can no longer read and write—what’s next?”

    Having argued that individuals have a right to choose death in the face of painful illness, he asks readers: “If I have to decide myself, please abide by my wish.”

    A Swiss priest who served as a theological expert at Vatican II, Küng taught for years at the University of Tübingen in Germany. Because of his persistent criticism of Church teachings on a wide range of issues, in 1979 the Vatican decreed that Küng could no longer be considered a “Catholic” theologian. He has continued to press for change in the Catholic Church and has been a harsh critic of his former colleague, Pope Benedict XVI.

    http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=19248

    Didn't he declare himself a sedevacantist when Pope Benedict XVI promulgated Summorum Pontificuм?