Buddhist peace prize for Swiss theologian, Hans Kung

The renowned Swiss theologian, Hans Küng, is to receive an award by the Japanese Niwano Peace Foundation.

The laureate said he would use the prize, which is worth SFr224,000 ($192,275), for his Global Ethic Foundation.

The panel said the understanding and insight of the Catholic theologian were indispensable for peace in the world, notably in the Middle East, Iraq and Sri Lanka.

Küng, an ordained priest, was professor of theology at Tübingen University, Germany.
He became the first major Catholic theologian to reject papal infallibility and repeatedly called for Pope John Paul II to step down for health reasons. Küng’s right to teach at Catholic universities was revoked by the Vatican in 1979.

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