Church 2011
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Church 2011 is a memorandum promulgated by Catholic theology professors, primarily from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The memorandum, whose full German title is Kirche 2011: Ein notwendiger Aufbruch, was started in Germany in January 2011. The memorandum is a general demand for reform of the Roman Catholic Church in response to the sexual abuse scandal among German priests.
Description[]
The memorandum demands:
- Structures of participation: more participation of all people in the Catholic Church, particularly through election of bishops and priests;
- Parish community: more help for Catholic communities, with a more explicit sharing of responsibilities. Married priests and women as priests should be allowed;
- Legal culture: the Catholic Church should initiate a church jurisdiction;
- Freedom of conscience: respect for individual conscience, particularly for divorced people, who want to marry again, and for homosexual civil unions;
- Reconciliation: greater reconciliation of the church to her own history; and
- Worship: reform of the Roman Catholic liturgy (with greater modern influence, and more influence from the cultural life of countries).
As of February 2011, over 300 Catholic professors, theologians and other religious scientists from across the world had signed the memorandum.
List of signators[]
German language territory[]
- , University of Freiburg
- , University of Chur
- , University of Mainz
- , University of Lucerne
- , University of Munster
- , University of Wien
- , University of Giessen
- , University of Aachen
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Passau
- , University of Graz
- , University of Chur
- , University of Schwäbisch Gmünd
- , University of Frankfurt
- , University of Bamberg
- , University of Eicstat
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Munich
- , University of Osnabruck
- Thomas Böhm, University of Freiburg
- , University of Wuppertal
- , University of Eichstätt
- , University of Benediktbeuern
- , University of Freiburg
- , University of Munster
- , University of Cologne
- , University of Siegen
- , University of Salzburg
- , University of Munster
- , University of Gießen
- , University of Regensburg
- , University of Dortmund
- , University of Würzburg
- , University of Osnabrück
- , University of Paderborn
- , University of Bamberg
- , University of Frankfurt
- , University of Duisburg
- , University of Würzburg
- , University of Dortmund
- , University of Graz
- Heinz-Josef Fabry, University of Bonn
- , University of Munich
- , University of Munster
- , University of Freiburg in Uechtland
- , University of Weingarten
- , University of Paderborn
- , University of Dresden
- , University of Cologne
- , University of Vallendar
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Munster
- , University of Wien
- Karl Gabriel, University of Munster
- , University of Würzburg
- , University of Chur
- , University of Cologne
- , University of Bochum
- , University of Mainz
- , University of Hannover
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Linz
- , University of Ludwigsburg
- , University of Innsbruck
- , University of Munich
- , University of Frankfurt am Main
- , University of Reutlingen
- , University of Luzern
- , University of Fulda
- , University of Gießen
- , University of Graz
- , University of Bamberg
- , University of Graz
- , University of Augsburg
- , University of Regensburg
- Friedhelm Hengsbach, University of Sankt Georgen
- Bernd Jochen Hilberath, University of Tübingen
- , University of Regensburg
- , University of Munich
- , University of Wien
- , University of Graz
- , University of Cologne
- , University of Frankfurt
- , University of Bamberg
- , University of Freiburg im Uechtland
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Munich
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Freiburg
- , University of Wien
- , University of Kassel
- , University of Bonn
- , University of Hannover
- , University of Berlin
- , University of Freiburg im Uechtland
- , University of Freiburg im Uechtland
- Walter Kern, University of Ludwigsburg
- , University of Frankfurt am Main
- , University of Augsburg
- , University of Frankfurt am Main
- , University of Luzern
- , University of Salzburg
- , University of Mainz
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Münster
- , University of Voralberg
- , University of Graz
- , University of Dortmund
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Vechta
- , University of Bamberg
- , University of Mainz
- , University of Freiburg im Uechtland
- , University of Bamberg
- , University of Wien
- Hans Küng, University of Tübingen
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Osnabruck
- , University of Weingarten
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Vechta
- , University of Graz
- , University of Passau
- , University of Paderborn
- , University of Augsburg
- , University of Wien
- , University of Wien
- , University of Graz
- , University of Vechta
- , University of Vallendar
- , University of Graz
- , University of Innsbruck
- , University of Luzern
- , University of Munster
- , University of Darmstadt
- , University of Essen
- Joachim Maier, University of Heidelberg
- , University of Mainz
- , University of Passau
- , University of Sankt Georgen
- , University of Tilburg, Netherlands
- , University of Dortmund
- University of Aachen
- , University of Cologne
- , University of Berlin
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Essen
- , University of Vechta
- , University of Weingarten
- , University of Munster
- , University of Kassel
- , University of Vallendar
- , University of Munich
- , University of Passau
- , University of Vallendar
- , University of Linz
- , University of Essen
- , University of Tübingen
- Karl-Heinz Ohlig, University of Saarbrücken
- , University of Frankfurt am Main
- , University of Innsbruck
- , University of Vechta
- , University of Karlsruhe
- Otto Hermann Pesch, University of Hamburg
- , University of Wien
- , University of Wuppertal
- , University of Regensburg
- Thomas Pröpper, University of Munster
- , University of Wien
- , University of Linz
- , University of Frankfurt
- , University of Wien
- , University of Konstanz
- , University of Linz
- , University of Mainz
- , University of Munster
- , University of Dortmund
- , University of Munster
- , University of Innsbruck
- , University of Koblenz
- , University of Freiburg
- , University of Vechta
- , University of Munster
- , University of Bamberg
- , University of Innsbruck
- , University of Dresden
- , University of Wien
- , University of Passau
- , University of Munster
- , University of Weingarten
- , University of Salzburg
- , University of Frankfurt
- , University of Vallendar
- , University of Freiburg
- , University of Heidelberg
- , University of Hohenheim
- , University of Augsburg
- , University of Frankfurt
- , University of Munster
- , University of Cologne
- , University of Munich
- , University of Tübingen
- , University of Cologne
- , University of Innsbruck
- , University of Frankfurt am Main
- , University of Mainz
- , University of Vechta
- , University of Munster
- , University of Osnabruck
- , University of Innsbruck
- , University of Munich
- , University of Paderborn
- , University of Freiburg
- , University of Paderborn
- , University of Trier
- Michael Theobald, University of Tübingen
- , University of Schwäbisch-Gmünd
- , University of Eichstätt
- , University of Wien
- , University of Frankfurt am Main
- , University of Graz
- , University of Freiburg im Uechtland
- Markus Vogt, University of Munich
- , University of Munster
- , University of Trier
- , University of Mainz
- , University of Innsbruck
- , University of Graz
- , University of Cologne
- , University of Frankfurt am Main
- , University of Freiburg
- , University of Munster
- , University of Graz
- , University of Luzern
- , University of Munster
- , University of Eichstätt
- , University of Salzburg
- , University of Passau
- , University of Würzburg
- , University of Munster
Professors, theologians and other religious scientists from non-German speaking countries[]
- (El Salvador)
- (Spain)
- (France)
- Gregory Baum (Canada)
- (Spain)
- (Brazil)
- (Belgium)
- (Spain)
- (Switzerland)
- (France)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Brasil)
- (Philippines)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Argentina)
- (Belgium)
- (United Kingdom)
- (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- (Spain)
- (Slovenia)
- Walter Lesch (France)
- (Spain)
- (Philippines)
- (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- (Spain))
- (Costa Rica)
- (United States)
- (Spain)
- (Ecuador)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (United States)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Indonesia)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Canada)
- (Italy)
- (Mexico)
- (Spain)
- (Belgium)
- (United States)
- Jon Sobrino (El Salvador)
- (United Kingdom)
- (Brasil)
- (Brasil)
- (Brasil)
- (Spain)
- Marie-Jo Thiel (France)
- (France)
- Andrés Torres Queiruga (Spain)
- (Netherlands)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Spain)
- (Philippines)
- (Spain)
- (Guinea)
See also[]
- Roman Catholic sex abuse cases by country#Germany
References[]
External links[]
- Kirche 2011:Ein notwendiger Aufbruch (in German)
- Church 2011: The Need for a New Beginning (Text of memorandum in English)
- Süddeutsche:Reform von innen (German)
- Frankfurter Rundschau:Die Kirche steht sich selbst im Weg (German)
- NZZ:Im Wellengang der Zeiten
Categories:
- 20th-century Christian texts
- 2011 documents
- Catholicism-related controversies
- Memoranda
- Ordination of women and the Catholic Church
- LGBT and Catholicism
- Dissident Roman Catholic theologians
- Criticism of the Catholic Church