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Hans Küng (Photo by picture-alliance/MaxPPP)
To this very day, I still don t know how he got my mobile phone number.
But I do remember that morning in January 2009 as if it were only yesterday. The phone rang and the voice on the other end of the line said, Robert Mickens, this is Hans Küng.
I was shocked, quite frankly. My only other encounter with the famous Swiss theologian was also over the telephone. But it was a call I made to him from my landline in Rome. That was in September 2005 while putting together an article for
“How many and profound are the challenges to human goodness and identity that attend the arrival of ‘the other’ in a community! The reactions of both newcomers and long-time residents can range from elation to dread. The essays in this wonderful collection reflect the four key terms of Pope Francis all are called to welcome, protect, promote and integrate the stranger and all peoples are called to dialogue toward reconciliation, solidarity and flourishing in communities that are diverse and alive. The book is thus important and very timely.” (His Eminence Michael Cardinal Czerny, S.J., Under-Secretary, Migrants and Refugees Section, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development)