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Pope Francis on June 10 declined to accept the shocking resignation offered by German Cardinal Reinhard Marx over the failures of the Catholic Church's response to clergy sexual abuse but admitted the.
June 09, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Wilfrid Napier as Archbishop of Durban, South Africa. Having marked his 80th birthday in February, Cardinal Napier was well beyond the ordinary retirement age of 75. He had led the Durban archdiocese since 1992, and received his red hat from Pope John Paul II in 2001. He has also been a member of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy.
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German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, one of Pope Francis' closest advisors, has asked the pontiff to allow him to resign as the leader of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising as a sign of responsibility for the "systemic failure" of Catholic Church.
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, 67, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must accept responsibility for the personal and institutional failures of the church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis.