Deutsche Welle
February 4, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14816788,00.html
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| It's been over 20 years since a theological revolt on this scale |
Over one hundred Catholic theologians have called for radical reform of the Catholic Church, like the end to compulsory celibacy, in a bid to mend the damage caused by recent sex scandals.
Around a third of all Catholic theology professors at universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, on Friday called for reforms to the Catholic Church, according to a report in the German daily "Suddeutsche Zeitung".
"It looks like we struck a nerve," said Judith Konemann a professor from Munster and one of 144 signatories of the declaration.
The professors said that they no longer wanted to stay quiet in the face of child sex abuse scandals that came to light last year and plunged the Catholic Church into an unprecedented crisis.
The theologians want to start an open dialogue about the future of the Catholic Church.
"We have the responsibility, to contribute to a new start," the undersigned text said
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