Carlo Maria Martini
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His Eminence Carlo Maria Martini S.J. |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Milan |
| Installed | 6 January 1980 |
| Term ended | 11 July 2002 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Colombo |
| Successor | Dionigi Tettamanzi |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere (1983-2012) Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University (1969-1978) |
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| Ordination | 13 July 1952 by Maurilio Fossati |
| Consecration | 6 January 1980 by John Paul II |
| Created Cardinal | 2 February 1983 by John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born |
15 February 1927 Orbassano, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 31 August 2012 (aged 85) Gallarate, Italy |
| Buried | Cathedral of Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Motto | For the love of truth, dare to choose adverse situations |
| Coat of arms |  |
Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. (15 February 1927 – 31 August 2012) was an Italian Jesuit and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Milan from 1980 to 2002 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. A towering intellectual figure of the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Martini was the liberal contender for the Papacy in the 2005 conclave, following the death of Pope John Paul II. According to highly placed Vatican sources, Martini received more votes in the first round than Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the conservative candidate: 40 to 38. Ratzinger ended up with more votes in subsequent rounds and was elected Pope Benedict XVI.
Martini entered the Society of Jesus in 1944 and was ordained a priest in 1952. His appointment as Archbishop of Milan in 1980 was an unusual circumstance, as Jesuits are not traditionally named bishops. He was on the liberal wing of the church hierarchy. Suffering from a rare form of Parkinson's Disease, he retired as Archbishop in 2002 and moved to the Pontifical Institute in Jerusalem. He died at the Jesuit Aloisianum College in Gallarate near Milan.
Hours after his death, the Italian daily Corriere della Sera printed his final interview in which he described the Church as "200 years out of date." "Our culture has aged, our churches are big and empty and the church bureaucracy rises up. The Church must admit its mistakes and begin a radical change, starting from the Pope and the bishops. The pedophilia scandals oblige us to take a journey of transformation."
Carlo Maria Martini was born 15 February 1927 in Orbassano in the Province of Turin, Piedmont, to Leonardo, an engineer, and Olga (née Maggia) Martini. He was baptised on the following 22 February. He was educated at Istituto Sociale, a school run by Jesuits in Turin. He entered the Society of Jesus on 25 September 1944 and was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Maurilio Fossati on 13 July 1952. Martini completed his studies in philosophy at the Jesuits' House of Studies in Gallarate, in the province of Milan, and theology at the faculty of theology in Chieri.
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