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...laity alike were openly questioning some traditional teachings of the church. Since then the Vatican has attempted to restore a sense of doctrinal discipline; it removed renegade Swiss Theologian Hans Kung from his teaching post at the University of Tubingen in West Germany and silenced for a year Brazilian Franciscan Leonardo Boff, an advocate of Marxist-tinged liberation theology. Last week Rome moved against an American priest who has openly questioned the church's stance on sexual morality. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, revoked the license of the Rev. Charles...
...related development, the Vatican unexpectedly dropped the sanctions that had been imposed on Franciscan Father Leonardo Boff, the leading liberation theologian of Brazil, who had been forbidden to speak publicly for nearly a year. "The decision on my case cleansed the atmosphere before publication of the document," said Boff, who teaches at a seminary in Petropolis. He believes that the lifting of sanctions demonstrated a new Vatican attitude of openness and "confidence in the (Brazilian) bishops," two-thirds of whom side with some form of liberation theology. Nonetheless, Rome's action has not eliminated the rift between Boff and conservatives...
...previously announced gathering is expected to take place in autumn in the hometown of St. Francis, the founder of the Franciscan order, which has made peace a special goal. No date has been...
...suits ask a total of more than $100 million. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles also faces claims over Father David Roemer, who pleaded no contest in three cases of child molesting in 1981. But a New Jersey family whose son killed himself after he was allegedly molested by a Franciscan brother had its suit thrown out. The victim was a participant in youth ministries, and a state law exempts organizations like the Archdiocese of Newark from damage suits by those who use and benefit from its services...
...Netherlands, who had challenged traditional dogmas about both the nature of Christ and the authority of bishops and priests. Kung was forbidden to teach as a Roman Catholic theologian, and Schillebeeckx's writings are still being examined. Last week the Vatican announced a disciplinary step against another scholar, Franciscan Father Leonardo Boff, 46, Brazil's leading advocate of liberation theology. It ordered him not to publish, lecture or edit religious journals for an unspecified period, presumably one year...