Hans Kung, berövades sin status som katolsk teolog år 1979. Han är en stark supporter av Assisi-mötet. Här ett urklipp från Catholic Register (Toronto), April 19th, 1986:

Father Hans Kung, the Swiss-born professor of theology who has accused Pope John Paul II of having a pre-Vatican II mentality, has praised the Pope for his ongoing contacts with Christian and non-Christian religious leaders. "In this the Pope is certainly within the policy of Vatican II," Father Kung said in an interview . . .

"Many consider me as if I were an opponent of this Pope in everything. This is false," said Father Kung. "I am happy to learn that the Pope speaks in favor of dialogues with other religions and that he commits himself to favoring these in his voyages," he added. Regarding dialogue with non-Christian religions, it is necessary "to avoid every impression that behind these new initiatives is hidden the old spirit of Roman imperialism," he said. (In other words – no converts!) . . . "I hope that the event of Assisi will be a meeting of equal dignity and not a manifestation of papal triumphalism," he said . . . "Pope John Paul II, in calling for unified prayer by men of all faiths, shows he believes there is a common foundation for all religions," he said.

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