Late cardinal represented Catholic Church that might have been

PARIS (Reuters) - Carlo Maria Martini, the Italian cardinal due to be buried in Milan late on Monday, represented for many Roman Catholics a vision of a Church that might have been and a papacy that never was. For progressives, he was the "eternal pope in waiting," as the Irish Times called him, the wise and understanding pastor who symbolised the fading dream of reviving the open reformist spirit of 1962-1965 Second Vatican Council. Staunch conservatives saw him as the nightmare Rome had done well to avoid. ...