Hans Küng
Swiss Catholic priest
Died when: 93 years 18 days (1116 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Hans Küng (German: ['hans 'k??]; 19 March 1928 – 6 April 2021) was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author.From 1995 he was president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos).
Küng was ordained a priest in 1954, joined the faculty of the University of Tübingen in 1960, and served as a theological adviser during the Second Vatican Council.
In 1978, after he rejected the doctrine of papal infallibility, he was not allowed to continue teaching as a Catholic theologian, but he remained at Tübingen as a professor of ecumenical theology until he retired with the title professor emeritus in 1996.
He remained a Catholic priest until his death.He supported the spiritual substance of religion, while questioning traditional dogmatic Christianity.
He published Christianity and the world religions: paths of dialogue with Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism in 1986, wrote Dying with Dignity together with Walter Jens in 1998, and signed the appeal Church 2011, The Need for a New Beginning.
He was awarded honorific doctorates internationally, and received numerous awards including the Otto Hahn Peace Medal in 2008.An asteroid is named after him.
