Cardinal Marx apologises for previous bishop’s role in brutal WWII massacre

Cardinal Marx apologises for previous bishop’s role in brutal WWII massacre Cardinal Reinhard Marx. Credit: Markus Nowak/KNA

Cardinal Reinhard Marx asked for forgiveness in the case of a German WWII massacre in Italy on the orders of a man who went on to become a bishop in Munich. Before he ascended to the rank of auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising in 1968, Matthias Defregger wore a different uniform.…

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