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Italian cardinal and progressive Catholic Carlo Maria Martini has described the Roman Catholic Church as being "200 years behind" the times.
The cardinal died on Friday, aged 85.
Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera has published his last interview, recorded last month, in which Cardinal Martini says: "The Church is tired... our prayer rooms are empty."
An archbishop for the key archdiocese of Milan for over two decades, Martini was once tipped as a future pope
Italian cardinal and progressive Catholic Carlo Maria Martini has described the Roman Catholic Church as being "200 years behind" the times.
The cardinal died on Friday, aged 85.
Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera has published his last interview, recorded last month, in which Cardinal Martini says: "The Church is tired... our prayer rooms are empty."
An archbishop for the key archdiocese of Milan for over two decades, Martini was once tipped as a future pope