On the 5th of June, the new Apostolic Constitution will enter into effect: for the first time, lay persons, including women, will be able to preside over the ministers of the Roman Curia.
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx has said he is still willing to step down in response to a damning report on decades of sexual abuse in his archdiocese. But for now, he said he wanted to focus on necessary reforms.
Retired Pope Benedict XVI was allegedly aware clergy had been abusing children while he served as archbishop of Munich, but did not do anything to address it.