Comment of an interview to Hans Kung.

There are lots of things mentioned on this video that I would like to adress.. First is shocking that he says that the pope governs without a cabinet. I am not an expert on the church but is difficult to think that he does not have consultants. The issue with the Muslims is because the quote the pope read about certain emperor. Hans Kung completetely overlooks that and goes on to say that the pope accused of violent people the Muslims. Moreover I read the discourse and what the pope what was criticizing was fideism. If you incorporate the quote, we could say that he was criticizing fideism on the Muslim side and on the Cristian side. Even one nun was killed because of the quote. I don't know but I think the pope apologized if offended someone. If you want to see it, the discourse of Ratisboa you could read it online on Zenit. Idirected to a page on spanish but I think you could find it on english if you search. The thing about the Jews because the pope removed the excommunication is delicated. I will quote a general audience of the pope on spanish:

El segundo: En la homilía pronunciada con ocasión de la solemne inauguración de mi pontificado dije que es tarea "explícita" del pastor "la llamada a la unidad" y, comentando las palabras evangélicas relativas a la pesca milagrosa, dije: "Aunque eran tantos peces, no se rompió la red"; y proseguí tras estas palabras evangélicas: "Ay de mí, Señor amado; ahora la red se ha roto, quisiéramos decir doloridos". Y continué: "Pero no, ¡no debemos estar tristes! Alegrémonos por tu promesa que no defrauda y hagamos todo lo posible para recorrer el camino hacia la unidad que tú prometiste. (...) No permitas, Señor, que se rompa tu red y ayúdanos a ser servidores de la unidad" (Homilía del domingo 24 de abril de 2005: L'Osservatore Romano, edición en lengua española, 29 de abril de 2005, p. 7). Precisamente para cumplir este servicio a la unidad, que califica de modo específico mi ministerio de Sucesor de Pedro, decidí hace días conceder el levantamiento de la excomunión en que habían incurrido los cuatro obispos ordenados en 1988 por monseñor Lefebvre sin mandato pontificio. He realizado este acto de misericordia paterna, porque repetidamente estos prelados me han manifestado su vivo sufrimiento por la situación en la que se encontraban. Espero que a este gesto mío le siga el solícito empeño por su parte de dar los pasos ulteriores necesarios para llegar a la plena comunión con la Iglesia, dando así testimonio de fidelidad verdadera y de verdadero reconocimiento del magisterio y de la autoridad del Papa y del concilio Vaticano II¨. Quoted from BENEDICTO XVI AUDIENCIA GENERAl Miércoles 28 de enero de 2009

One can reach two possible conclusions with that statement. It is a further explanation in face of the critics or in fact the reincorporation to the church is a long process. I don´t know about the process so I would have to take a look. One has to be careful with the press because on one occasion the press published the new commandments of the Church. The Church said is issued no new commandments. This latter fact I need to investigate because it was told to me by a friar.Finally the statement of the Pope about aids on Africa. Be careful and consider what Edward C. Green said. If you don´t know him take a look at a Christianity Today article.