Pope rejects German cardinal's resignation

Updated June 10 2021 - 10:06pm, first published 9:59pm
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx is one of Roman Catholicism's most influential liberal figures.
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx is one of Roman Catholicism's most influential liberal figures.

Pope Francis has rejected German Cardinal Reinhard Marx's resignation as archbishop of Munich over the church's sexual abuse crisis, saying he agreed it's a worldwide "catastrophe" but the prelate should stay on.

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