[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Martini was a ‘Prophet,’ Says Vatican Cardinal

National Catholic Register ^ | May 17, 2022 | CNA Staff

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[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Martini was a ‘Prophet,’ Says Vatican Cardinal

Cardinal Czerny’s remarks were reported by Vatican News, the Holy See’s online news portal, which said that the Canadian Jesuit spoke at the launch of the sixth volume of Cardinal Martini’s complete works.

Vatican Cardinal Michael Czerny on Monday described the late Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini as a “prophet.”

The prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development said that the controversial Jesuit theologian anticipated recent developments in the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Martini, a renowned biblical scholar, was described by the New York Times as one of the Catholic Church’s “most influential progressive thinkers” and a “possible successor to Pope John Paul II,” when the Polish pope died in 2005.

Cardinal Martini, who led the Milan archdiocese from 1979 to 2002, declared in an interview shortly before his death in 2012 that “the Church is 200 years behind the times.”

Speaking in Milan on May 16, Cardinal Czerny said: “Many already appreciated him while he was among you, not without misunderstandings, uncertainties, and opposition.” 

“Now we all understand him better, recognizing how his visions and the priorities of his pastoral governance — I would also like to say his style of listening, praying, and living — anticipated paths that finally involve the universal Church.”

Cardinal Michael Czerny has been appointed as the new prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Pablo Esparza/CNA.

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In his speech in Milan, Cardinal Czerny said that Cardinal Martini “did what the [Second Vatican] Council asked of him, an event that in his youth, as in Pope Francis’, represented an evangelical springtime.”

He said: “Cardinal Martini, in his last interview, a few days before his death, said something that should make us think: ‘The Church is 200 years behind the times. Why is she not shaken up?

Welcome to Bergoglio's / Martini's Springtime!

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Looks like this Martini fellow is not dry, but instead is all wet.

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Prophet? I’ll go hyperbole one higher...he was a messiah. Let’s gush as he boils in hell.

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Isn’t a prophet someone who communes directly with the Trinity?

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