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During the Sede Vacante, the cardinals are responsible for the day-to-day business of the Church. The reins of power are held by the Cardinal Treasurer and three assistants – two are chosen by lot, one is appointed: Cardinal Marx. His work in Rome begins now. Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx has been participating in the interim leadership of the world Catholic Church since today. The Cardinals present in Rome confirmed him as one of three assistants to Cardinal Treasurer Kevin Farrell in governing the Church during the Sede Vacante, due to his role as co-ordinator of the Council for the Economy....

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...