Posts Tagged ‘Cardinal Reihold Marx’

German bishops advocate for optional celibacy for priests

Thursday, February 10th, 2022
optional celibacy for priests

Two high ranking church officials in Germany have expressed support for optional celibacy for priests. Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, one of Pope Francis’ most trusted aides, has spoken out in favour of banning mandatory clerical celibacy. He also supports allowing Catholic priests the option of marrying. Four days earlier, Archbishop Heiner Koch of Berlin Read more

Cardinal says “no” parish clustering

Thursday, March 30th, 2017

Priest crisis solved – lay people will be leading parishes in Germany, says Cardinal Reinhard Marx. The German cardinal’s motivation is his firm rejection of clustering parishes to resolve Germany’s shortage of priests. The shortfall of priests in Marx’s archdiocese of Munich and Freising is clear. He says of its 1.7 million Catholics, there was Read more