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German cardinal: Ecumenism of return to Catholicism ‘is completely impossible’‘If someone goes to the Eucharist or the Lord’s Supper of the other denomination after a decision of conscience, I will have to accept that.’May 10, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — In a recent interview with far-left German magazine Publik-Forum, Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich revealed more of his revolutionary agenda for the Church, showing openness to intercommunion with non-Catholic denominations, promoting “synodality,” “moving forward” and a “learning process” within the Church. He also demonstrated his annoyance with the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith’s recent responsum recalling that the Church cannot...

Claim contradicted by dataMUNICH, Germany (ChurchMilitant.com) - Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising is asserting that the clerical sex abuse crisis is tied to a lack of women leaders in the Church — a claim countered by research from the Ruth Institute.Marx made his comments last week, reflecting on a 2018 study of clerical sexual abuse commissioned by the German bishops' conference, which showed clerical structures and a male clerical administration named as factors in the massive abuse scandal in the Church and its cover-up. "Women in leading positions in the Church — and this is precisely not a...