Cardinal Marx says catholics can “learn from Luther”

The Reformation anniversary in 2017 is also considered a significant event for the Catholic Church, according to the chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Reinhard Marx.

“Luther did not aim to split the Church but, with his calls to reform, wished to draw attention to grievances that obscured the message of the Gospel,” the Archbishop of Munich writes in a column in the journal of the German Cultural Council Politik & Kultur.

“After 50 years of joint ecumenical dialogue, it is possible for a catholic christian to read Luther’s texts appreciatively, and to learn from his thoughts.”