‘Pope Benedict XVI met over the weekend with the controversial Swiss theologian Hans Kung, one of the chief critics of the Roman Catholic Church.

The pontiff, a staunch defender of traditional doctrine, hosted the meeting Saturday at his Castelgandolfo summer residence.

The meeting with Kung, a pioneer of theological dialogue with non-Christian faiths who was banned from teaching Catholic theology by the

Vatican in 1979, was held “in a friendly atmosphere”, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said Monday.

The two former university colleagues agreed not to discuss doctrinal questions, which put the Swiss theologian at odds with Church authorities, “in the confines of this meeting”.’

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