Posted on 06/11/2021 6:28:13 PM PDT by ebb tide
Cardinal Reinhard Marx said Thursday that Pope Francis’ decision not to accept his resignation as Catholic archbishop of Munich and Freising is a “great challenge.”
Marx made the comment June 10, hours after the Vatican published a letter from the pope asking the 67-year-old cardinal to remain in charge of the archdiocese in southern Germany.
“I find the pope’s decision to be a great challenge. After that, simply going back to the agenda cannot be the way for me and also not for the archdiocese,” he said in a statement on the archdiocese’s website.
CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner, reported that Marx expressed surprise at the swiftness of the pope’s response to his offer to resign, made public on June 4.
The influential cardinal is a member of the pope’s Council of Cardinals and the coordinator of the Vatican Council for the Economy. Until last year, he was also chairman of the German Catholic bishops’ conference.
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CNA Deutsch reported that German bishops’ conference chairman Bishop Georg Bätzing expressed relief at the pope’s decision not to accept Marx’s resignation.
Thomas Sternberg, president of the influential lay Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), also welcomed the news.
He told the Rheinische Post that the pope’s letter showed “that the alleged dissatisfaction with the ‘Synodal Way’ in Germany does not correspond to the multi-layered reality.”
Nothing more than a pre-rehearsed PR stunt to keep the German schism going.
Ping
Marx is a lying POS. One of the few freedoms left to people in this crazy age is the ability to walk away. This lying, perverted sack of crap cardinal could walk away this instant but then how would he be able to molest the alter boys?
God Damn It. I thought Poop Francis was resigning.
Frankie is resigning ???
The title was misleading, and briefly lifted my heart.
The Marxist Pope won’t allow Cardinal Marx to resign?
Damn It. I thought Poop Francis was resigning.
So did I!
Damn. The title had me hoping for a minute that Frank had decided to step down and spend more time with his pagan figurines.
Did you even read the article?
Not sure what the aim is, but clearly this is a PR campaign because they are publishing letters that ordinarily would be private.
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