Reinhard Marx
Author · 7 books
Cardinal Reinhard Marx (born 1953) is a German Catholic theologian and church leader. From 1996 to 2001, he was professor of Christian social ethics at the Theological Faculty in Paderborn. He became Bishop of Trier in 2002 and was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising in 2008. Marx served as president of the German Bishops’ Conference from 2014 to 2020. From 2013 to 2023, he was a member of a council of cardinals appointed by Pope Francis to advise on reform of the Roman Curia. His publications and public work focus in particular on Catholic social teaching and on social, political, and economic questions.
