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Slideshow In final interview, Cardinal says Church "200 years out of date" Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Religious groups vie for new Web domain names Fri, Aug 31 2012 Former papal candidate, Milan archbishop Martini dies at 85 Fri, Aug 31 2012 San Francisco archbishop-elect apologizes for drunken driving Tue, Aug 28 2012 Russia's female punk band protesters jailed for two years Fri, Aug 17 2012 Vatican orders butler to stand trial, charges second man Mon, Aug 13 2012 Analysis & Opinion Insight: U.S. donors like Romney made Mormon church wealthy French Catholic Church prayer against gay marriage and euthanasia reforms Related Topics World » People » ROME | Sat Sep 1, 2012 3:01pm EDT ROME (Reuters) - The former archbishop of Milan and papal candidate Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said the Catholic Church was "200 years out of date" in his final interview before his death, published on Saturday. Martini, once favored by Vatican progressives to succeed Pope John Paul II and a prominent voice in the church until his death at the age of 85 on Friday, gave a scathing portrayal of a pompous and bureaucratic church failing to move with the times. "Our culture has aged, our churches are big and empty and the church bureaucracy rises up, our rituals and our cassocks are pompous," Martini said in the interview published in Italian daily Corriere della Sera. "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," he said in the interview. In the last decade the Church has been accused of failing to fully address a series of child abuse scandals which have undermined its status as a moral arbiter, though it has paid many millions in compensation settlements worldwide. Martini, famous for comments that the use of condoms could be acceptable in some cases, told interviewers the Church should open up to new kinds of families or risk losing its flock. "A woman is abandoned by her husband and finds a new companion to look after her and her children. A second love succeeds. If this family is discriminated against, not just the mother will be cut off but also her children." In this way "the Church loses the future generation", Martini said in the interview, made a fortnight before he died. The Vatican opposes divorce and forbids contraception in favor of fidelity within marriage and abstinence without. A liberal voice in the church, Martini's chances of becoming pope were damaged when he revealed he was suffering from a rare form of Parkinson's disease and he retired in 2002. Pope John Paul II was instead succeeded in 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI, a hero of Catholic conservatives who is known by such critical epithets as "God's rottweiler" because of his stern stand on theological issues. Martini's final message to Pope Benedict was to begin a shake up of the Catholic church without delay. "The church is 200 years out of date. Why don't we rouse ourselves? Are we afraid?" Martini was much loved and thousands paid their respects at his coffin in Milan cathedral on Saturday. (Reporting By Naomi O'Leary) World People Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. 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