Vatican Thermidor.

CATHOLIC Church doctrines; CATHOLIC clergy; KUNG, Hans, 1928-2021; DOCTRINAL theology; SOCIALISM & Catholic Church; COMMUNISM & Christianity; COMMUNISM & the Catholic Church; CHRISTIANITY; CATHOLICS

This article focuses on the plan of the Catholic Church to insist on stricter doctrinal and institutional definitions as a result of its recent conflicts with some Catholic priests. Among these priests include Hans Küg, a Swiss theologian who has been censured and enjoined from teaching as a Catholic theologian. The article examines the political consequences of the new Vatican Thermidor which is under way as of January 25, 1980. The Thermidor, the author notes, appears to foreshadow a renewed struggle for power between Christianity and anti-Christianity, the Church and Communism.