{"id":1415509,"date":"2022-04-01T19:29:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T23:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1415509"},"modified":"2022-04-01T19:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T23:29:51","slug":"texas-bishop-calls-for-heretical-german-cardinal-to-officially-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-bishop-calls-for-heretical-german-cardinal-to-officially-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bishop Calls for Heretical German Cardinal to \u2018Officially Resign\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-bishop-calls-for-heretical-german-cardinal-to-officially-resign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1415509&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, called for the resignation of German Cardinal Reinhard Marx Thursday for the latter\u2019s public rejection of Catholic moral teaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCardinal Marx has left the Catholic faith. He needs to be honest &#038; officially resign,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bishopoftyler\/status\/1509691289352212484\">wrote<\/a> Bishop Strickland on his Twitter account, citing the cardinal\u2019s pressure for a change in Church teaching on the immorality of gay sex.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicworldreport.com\/2022\/03\/31\/cardinal-marx-the-catechism-is-not-set-in-stone-one-is-also-allowed-to-doubt-what-it-says\/\">published<\/a> Thursday, Cardinal Marx \u2014 one of Pope Francis\u2019s team of nine advisors \u2014 insisted that the <em>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em> is \u201cnot set in stone\u201d and \u201cone is also allowed to doubt what it says,\u201d in reference to Catholic teaching on homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHomosexuality is not a sin. It corresponds to a Christian attitude when two people, regardless of gender, stand up for each other, in joy and sorrow,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/cns\/2022\/03\/german-cardinal-calls-for-change-in-church-teaching-on-homosexuality\">said<\/a>, adding that \u201cLGBTQ+ people are part of creation and loved by God, and we are called upon to stand against discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Cardinal Marx celebrated a Sunday Mass to commemorate \u201c20 years of queer worship and pastoral care\u201d in Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI desire an inclusive Church, a Church that includes all who want to walk the way of Jesus,\u201d the cardinal said, in a homily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erzbistum-muenchen.de\/news\/bistum\/Kardinal-Marx-Ich-wuensche-mir-eine-inklusive-Kirche-41232.news\">offered<\/a>\u00a0at the time to a \u201cqueer congregation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his homily, Marx insisted that Jesus himself was opposed to \u201cthose who exclude\u201d but rather \u201cwould like to invite everyone with the primacy of love!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kingdom of God is to discover that God is love \u2014 in all its dimensions,\u201d said Marx, which includes \u201cthe sexual dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll human relationships must be characterized by the primacy of love. Then they can be accepted by God,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, Marx tendered his resignation to Pope Francis, citing the need to confront his \u201cerrors and omissions\u201d in dealing with the clerical sex abuse crisis in Germany.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The cardinal said in a written <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erzbistum-muenchen.de\/cms-media\/media-55270520.PDF\">statement<\/a> that \u201cit is obvious to me that I will face my possible errors and omissions in individual cases to be verified concretely during my mandate, cases that will then have to be examined and evaluated according to objective criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a bishop I have an \u2018institutional responsibility\u2019 for all the actions of the Church, also for her institutional problems and for her failure in the past,\u201d he added in the text. Pope Francis rejected the cardinal\u2019s resignation and has kept him on as a papal counselor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Over the years, the 68-year-old Marx has been in the vanguard among progressive Catholics, pushing issues such as blessings for homosexual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2018\/02\/08\/philly-archbishop-rebukes-german-cardinal-no-catholic-priests-cannot-bless-homosexual-unions\/\">couples<\/a>, phasing out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2015\/11\/09\/on-climate-change-catholic-leaders-must-believe-in-miracles\/\">fossil<\/a> fuel use, opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/05\/04\/german-cardinal-slams-bavarian-crosses-government-buildings\/\">crosses<\/a> in public buildings, and pro-immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Marx, who was president of the German Bishops\u2019 Conference at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2017\/10\/27\/german-cardinal-number-one-challenge-facing-europe-is-climate-change\/\">asserted<\/a> that the three greatest challenges facing Europe are \u201cclimate change,\u201d changes in the world of work, and immigration. In his analysis, the cardinal made no mention of the deep crisis of faith in the German Catholic Church, which has been hemorrhaging members for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>In early 2020, Marx came under fire for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2020\/01\/10\/german-cardinal-criticized-for-church-donations-made-to-migrant-ngos\/\">donating<\/a> \u20ac50,000 of Catholic Church funds to United4Rescue, a coalition of NGOs engaged in migrant sea rescues that reportedly receives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SPDPraha\/posts\/httpsmfaznetaktuellpolitikauslandbuendnis-der-evangelischen-kirche-kauft-forschu\/2650776961917217\/\">financing<\/a> from billionaire leftist George Soros through his pro-migration Open Society Foundations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Marx had already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/german-catholic-money_n_4156588\">received<\/a> sharp criticism for \u201clavish expenditures,\u201d including some $11 million to renovate the archbishop\u2019s residence as well as another $13 million for a guesthouse in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2019, the editors of the United States-based\u00a0<em>National Catholic Register<\/em>\u00a0asserted that the Catholic Church in Germany appeared to be taking steps toward a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2019\/09\/23\/vatican-experts-german-catholic-church-moving-toward-schism\/\">schism<\/a> with Rome under the banner of \u201csynodality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising, \u201cthe Church in Germany is poised to pursue a radical \u2018binding synodal path\u2019 that seeks to dislodge settled Church teaching in the name of \u2018synodality,\u2019\u201d they declared.<\/p>\n<p>The German \u201cSynodal Assembly\u201d entered into a partnership with the Central Committee of German Catholics, the editors noted, \u201ca lay group that has demanded the ordination of women, an end to clerical celibacy, the blessing of same-sex unions by the Church and rethinking of all Catholic teachings on sexuality,\u201d the editors stated.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, called for the resignation of German Cardinal Reinhard Marx Thursday for the latter\u2019s public rejection of Catholic moral teaching. \u201cCardinal Marx has left the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1415509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}