Key Articles
- Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on some aspects of the Church understood as Communion - Communionis notio . May 28, 1992.
- "On the Office of Bishop", by Cardinal Kasper. 1999. [NOTE: In 1999, Kasper published a Festschrift honoring Bishop Josef Homeyer, a chapter on the theology and praxis of the bishop with special reference to the relation of the local bishop to the universal Church.
The article is unavailable online. For an analysis of its key points, see Walter Kasper on the theology and the praxis of the bishop's office, by Kilian McDonnell. Theological Studies Vol. 63, 2002. [PDF download]
The full citation for Kasper's article is "Zur Theologie und Praxis des bischöflichen Amtes," in Auf neue Art Kirche Sein: Wirklichkeiten-Herausfoderungen-Wandlungen, ed. Werner Schreer and Georg Steins (Munich: Bernward bei Don Bosco, 1999) 32-48, at 43.].
- Ecclesiology Of The Constitution On The Church, Vatican II, 'Lumen Gentium' - a presentation made by Cardinal Ratzinger at a symposium on the reception of the Second Vatican Council, held in Rome in November 2000. (Later published in L'Osservatore Romano Sept. 19, 2001).
- On the Church: A Friendly Reply to Cardinal Ratzinger, by Cardinal Kasper. America Vol. 184 No. 14. April 23, 2001. Translated by Ladislas Orsy, S.J. Originally published in the journal Stimmen der Zeit (December 2000).
- "The Local Church and the Universal Church: A Response to Walter Kasper", by Cardinal Ratzinger. America Vol. 185 No. 16. November 19, 2001.
Supplementary Articles & Commentary
- The Ratzinger/Kasper Debate: the universal church and local churches", by Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B. Theological Studies 06/01/02.
- Cardinal Dulles Weighs In on Ratzinger-Kasper Debate, Vatican City, 28 May 2001 (ZENIT.ORG).
- Reflections on Cardinal Kasper's "On the Church", by Charles J. Chaput. America, July 30 2001.
- Authority reconsidered: Who's in charge here?, by Russell Shaw. Our Sunday Visitor, August 12, 2001.
- The Kasper-Ratzinger Debate and the State of the Church, by Dr. Philip Blosser. Reprinted with permission from New Oxford Review, April 2002, p. 18-25.
- What Happens at Baptism? The Ratzinger-Kasper debate, by Fr. Daniel Callam, CSB. Catholic Insight, May 2002.
- "A Tale of Two Cardinals" Geoffrey Kirk, Vicar of St Stephen's, Lewisham in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. (New Directions July 2001).
- The local church and the universal church: Zizioulas and the Ratzinger - Kasper debate Published in: International journal for the Study of the Christian Church, Volume 4, Issue 1 March 2004 , pages 21 - 33. [subscription required].
