Citing ‘systemic failures’ in handling abuse, cardinal offers resignation

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the Church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis. Cardinal Marx released a statement last Friday and, with the pope’s permission, a copy of the letter dated... Read More

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February 12, 2020

Cardinal Marx won’t seek re-election as head of German bishops

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, 66, announced that at the full plenary session of the German bishops’ conference in early March, he will not be a candidate for another term as president. ‘My consideration is that at the end of a possible second term of office I would be 72 years old, and then I would also... Read More

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November 13, 2018

On 1938 pogrom anniversary, German cardinal condemns anti-Jewish violence

Cardinal Reinhard Marx protested against the increase in violence against Jews in Germany during a remembrance ceremony marking the 80th Anniversary of the 1938 Kristallnacht and November pogrom in Wurzburg. Cardinal Marx said that, while there is no threat today of state-organised pogroms, Germany’s Jews still face danger from an unprecedented level of violence. “Today,... Read More

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October 8, 2018

Cardinal: Damage of abuse scandal caused by Church leadership, not media

The days of making “weak excuses” in response to the sexual abuse crisis are over, said German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising. The fallout and damage that has resulted, he added, “has not been caused by the press doing their job properly, but rather by the Church itself; it’s caused by the Church... Read More

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September 27, 2018

German bishops apologise formally, release sex abuse data

The head of the German bishops conference formally apologised for sexual abuse in the Church, saying it “has been denied, turned away from and covered up for far too long.” “Sexual abuse is a crime,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising told a news conference in Fulda, Germany. “And whoever is guilty of it... Read More

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September 19, 2018

Cardinal Marx says mistakes were made, calls for change in German Church

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, head of the German bishops’ conference, admitted that mistakes were made in the German Church’s handling of sex abuse of minors and said he anticipates change in the Church. Speaking out for the first time regarding the contents of a leaked document on Church sexual abuse in Germany, Cardinal Marx attributed the... Read More

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May 1, 2018

German bishops, Vatican officials to meet on Thursday to discuss Communion

Six German bishops will meet with officials from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts to discuss German plans to allow greater access to the Eucharist for Protestants married to Catholics. The meeting will be at the Vatican on 3rd... Read More

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April 20, 2018

Pope calls German cardinal to Rome to discuss eucharistic sharing

Pope Francis has asked the president of the German bishops’ conference to come to Rome to discuss pastoral guidelines for possibly allowing some non-Catholics married to Catholics to receive the Eucharist, the conference spokesman said. Reports that “the document was rejected in the Vatican by the Holy Father or by the dicasteries are false,” said... Read More

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February 8, 2018

German cardinal urges pastoral care, but not ‘blessing’ of gay couples

The president of the German bishops’ conference urged priests to provide better pastoral care to Catholics who are homosexual, but he said, “I think that would not be right” when asked if he could imagine the Catholic Church blessing gay couples. The German bishops’ conference released an English translation on 7th February of remarks Cardinal... Read More

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