Posts Tagged ‘Carlo Maria Martini’

Was Cardinal Carlo Martini the last liberal Catholic bishop?

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

Vatican City — With the recent death of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, Catholics who call for church reform on issues such as homosexuality and priestly celibacy have lost one of their last leading lights in the top echelons of the church’s hierarchy. Martini, who died Aug. 31, was a Jesuit and an archbishop of Milan Read more

Cardinal Martini: Last spiritual testament

Friday, September 7th, 2012

For the progressive Church, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, or the “Eternal Pope in Waiting” represents a Catholic Church and papacy that never was, whereas Church conservatives saw him as a “nightmare”. As believers and non-believers alike almost brought Milan to a halt as they bid farewell to their popular pastor, his final interview, to his Read more

Cardinal said Church 200 years behind the times

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini believed the Catholic Church 200 years behind the times. The former archbishop of Milan and papal candidate said this in the final interview he gave before his death last Friday at the age of 85. In the interview Martini gave a scathing portrayal of a pompous and bureaucratic church failing to move with Read more