Reinhard Marx

Cardinal Raymond Burke: Gays, remarried Catholics, murderers are all the same

By David Gibson — March 27, 2015
(RNS) The Catholic Church has always taught that sin is sin, but few people see killing someone as equivalent to marrying a lifelong same-sex partner.

Sparring continues as Catholic bishops prepare synod’s final report

By Josephine McKenna — October 17, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Even as work on the synod's final report continued, German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich put homosexuality back on the agenda telling reporters “exclusion” was not part of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal (not Karl) Marx rips capitalism, backs Pope Francis

By David Gibson — January 10, 2014
"Capitalism should not become the model of society," says Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, one of Francis' top advisers. “To think that somewhere there are pure markets which give rise to the good through free competition is mere ideology."

Bishop’s suspension a symptom of German Catholic Church’s wealth

By Nele Mailin Obermueller — October 23, 2013
(RNS) As the new pontiff tries to reform the way the church does business, German dioceses, which reportedly include the world's wealthiest in Cologne, are chafing under the new direction as membership numbers continue to dwindle.
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