Can We Save the Catholic Church? Quotes

“I speak for myself and many others of like mind in saying that we are not Christians because of the church hierarchy and we are not Catholics because of the pope in Rome.”
― Hans Küng, Can We Save the Catholic Church?: A Vital Call for Reform in the Modern Papacy and the Future of Christianity

“Through this interpretation of the biblical teaching on the Fall, Augustine, who had a brilliant capacity for analytical self-reflection far exceeding that of any other author of antiquity, effectively poisoned the entire Western Church with his doctrine on original sin, which is rejected down to this day by the Eastern churches.”
― Hans Küng, Can We Save the Catholic Church?: A Vital Call for Reform in the Modern Papacy and the Future of Christianity

“As pope, with his charismatic appeal and with the theatrical talent that he had retained from his youth, he brought to the Vatican what Ronald Reagan brought to the White House: a media-wise great communicator who understood how to use his charm, his athletic image and his symbolic gestures to make even the most conservative teaching or practice seem palatable.”
― Hans Küng, Can We Save the Catholic Church?: A Vital Call for Reform in the Modern Papacy and the Future of Christianity