"Leo keeps heterodox Cardinal Marx as head of Vatican economic council"

"Leo XIV confirmed Cardinal Reinhard Marx as leader of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy while naming eight new members, including four laypeople.

According to the Holy See Press Office, the Pope announced new members of the council and confirmed previous ones in their roles on Tuesday, August 11. Marx remains as coordinator of the Council for the Economy, and his deputy remains German legal scholar and laywoman Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof of Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf...

The confirmation of Cardinal Marx is especially noteworthy because the former head of the German Bishops’ Conference was a key leader and a driving force in the heretical German Synodal Way.

The archbishop of Munich and Freising is radically pro-LGBT and has publicly dissented from Church doctrine on numerous occasions.

During meetings of the Synodal Way, Marx voted in favor of heretical documents that called for women’s ordination, claimed that homosexual acts are not sinful, and advocated for ordaining 'transgender' priests.

Marx also praised the current German abortion law that allows abortion up to 12 weeks for having 'contributed to peace' in society and claimed the law keeps both 'the plight of the woman' and 'the child’s right to life' in mind despite it resulting in around 100,000 unborn children killed each year.

The cardinal recently introduced heterodox guidelines for the 'blessing' of 'couples of all gender identities' in his diocese. The Vatican opposed the direction, and Pope Leo met with Marx to discuss the issue. However, it appears there were no conceivable consequences for Marx and that he remains in good standing with Leo given his confirmation as coordinator of the Council for the Economy."