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Cardinal Reinhard Marx

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising gives a statement on the Munich abuse report to the media Jan. 27, 2022. The news conference came a week after the publication of the report on abuse in his archdiocese. (CNS photo/Robert Kiderle, KNA)

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Munich cardinal to remain in office, apologizes for role in abuse cases

Catholic News Service|Jan 27, 2022|4 Min Read

The Frauenkirche, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. (Suicasmo/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 via CNA)

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Benedict XVI, Cardinal Marx faulted in Munich abuse report

Catholic News Agency|Jan 20, 2022|5 Min Read

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising is pictured in a 2019 photo. Cardinal Marx says he was surprised by Pope Francis' decision to not accept his resignation. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

Cardinal Marx surprised by pope's decision to not accept his resignation

Catholic News Service|Jun 11, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany, 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. The pope did not immediately accept the cardinal's resignation. Cardinal Marx is pictured in a Sept. 24, 2019, file photo. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

Pope Francis declines Cardinal Marx’s resignation

Catholic News Agency|Jun 10, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, gives a statement to the press in the courtyard of his residence in Munich, Germany, Friday, June 4, 2021. A leading German cardinal and confidante of Pope Francis has offered to resign over the church’s mishandling of clergy sexual abuse scandals and declared that the church had arrived at “a dead end.” Cardinal Reinhard Marx published his resignation letter to the pope online Friday. (Peter Kneffel/dpa/AP via Crux)

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A bit of clarity about spectacular ‘resignation’ of German cardinal

John L. Allen Jr.|Jun 6, 2021|5 Min Read

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany, 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. The pope did not immediately accept the cardinal's resignation. Cardinal Marx is pictured in a Feb. 12, 2015, file photo at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Cristian Gennari, KNA)

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Cardinal Marx offers resignation to Pope Francis

Catholic News Agency|Jun 4, 2021|4 Min Read

In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 file photo, Cardinal Reinhard Marx leaves at the end of a media briefing during a four-day sex abuse summit called by Pope Francis in Rome, Italy. Marx, head of the German Bishops Conference, says he will step down at the end of his term in March. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP via Crux)

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Cardinal Marx to step down as head of German bishops

Elise Ann Allen|Feb 11, 2020|4 Min Read

A priest holds a Bible as he leads pilgrims in prayer during an annual river procession and pilgrimage on the Caraparu River in Santa Izabel do Para, Brazil, in this 2012 file photo. (Paulo Santos/Catholic News Service, Reuters)

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The Amazon Synod promises to be fall’s biggest Catholic drama

John L. Allen Jr.|Sep 23, 2019|4 Min Read

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