Carlo Martini, who was buried yesterday, was for progressives in the Church a symbol of the fading dream of open reform, writes Tom Heneghan

OPPOSITION has now emerged to a German seen as a frontrunner to be the next pope, leaving Roman Catholic cardinals divided as they prepared for a conclave to elect the successor to Pope John Paul II.

POPE John Paul has nominated a new cardinal to oversee the powerful Milan archdiocese, making him the leading candidate to succeed the ailing pontiff.