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VATICAN CITY (RNS) — For lay organizers of the controversial Synodal Path in Germany, Cardinal Marx’s resignation strengthened their efforts.

In a letter to Reinhard Marx, Pope Francis responded to the announcement that the cardinal would resign as archbishop of Munich and Freising due to the churchs mishandling of abuse cases.

Thursday, June 10, 2021 10:20 am Pope rejects German cardinals resignation, urges reform NICOLE WINFIELD | Associated Press   ROME – Pope Francis refused Thursday to let German Cardinal Reinhard Marx resign over the sex abuse scandal in the church, but said a process of reform was necessary and that every bishop must take responsibility for the “catastrophe” of the crisis. Francis wrote a letter to Marx in response to the German’s bombshell announcement last week that he had offered to...

The pope said what was necessary instead was a process of reform.

BERLIN (AP) — A leading German cardinal and confidante of Pope Francis, Cardinal...

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who has not been accused of abuse, said he had been considering the decision for months.

A leading German cardinal and confidante of Pope Francis offered to resign on Friday over the Catholic Churchs catastrophic mishandling of clergy sexual abuse cases.  Cardinal Reinhard Marx declared in an extraordinary gesture that the scandals had brought the church to a dead end.  The archdiocese of Munich and Freising, where Marx has served as archbishop since 2007, published his resignation letter to the pope online, in multiple languages, and the cardinal said Francis had given him perm...

BERLIN (AP) — A leading German cardinal and confidante of Pope Francis, Cardinal...

Washington D.C., May 27, 2021 / 08:59 am The Archbishop of San Francisco has publicly supported Archbishop Aquila’s response to the German bishops’ “synodal path.” In his open letter dated May 13, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver had warned about the fundamental text produced by the first forum of the German Catholic Synodal Path, saying that it advances “untenable” views of the Church. On Wednesday, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco stated his support for Archbisho...

May 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency The Archbishop of San Francisco has publicly supported Archbishop Aquila’s response to the German bishops’ “synodal path.” In his open letter dated May 13, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver had warned about the fundamental text produced by the first forum of the German Catholic Synodal Path, saying that it advances “untenable” views of the Church. On Wednesday, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco stated his support for Archbishop ...