Archbishop of Munich and Freising - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 29 Jul 2021 01:04:41 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Archbishop of Munich and Freising - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Cardinal Marx won't rule out offering resignation for a second time https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/07/29/cardinal-marx-wont-rule-out-offering-resignation-for-a-second-time/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 07:51:58 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=138753 Cardinal Reinhard Marx has said that he cannot rule out asking Pope Francis to accept his resignation for a second time. The Catholic archbishop of Munich and Freising discussed the possibility of a second resignation offer in a letter issued on July 23. He read out in churches in the archdiocese at the weekend, reported Read more

Cardinal Marx won't rule out offering resignation for a second time... Read more]]> Cardinal Reinhard Marx has said that he cannot rule out asking Pope Francis to accept his resignation for a second time.

The Catholic archbishop of Munich and Freising discussed the possibility of a second resignation offer in a letter issued on July 23. He read out in churches in the archdiocese at the weekend, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA's German-language news partner.

"I do not understand my service as a bishop as an office that belongs to me and that I have to defend, but as a mission for the people of this archdiocese and as a service to the unity of the Church," he wrote.

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