How could someone who voted many times in favor of abortion be given a Catholic funeral?
Ultimately, it is the local bishop who decides if a deceased Catholic meets the conditions of Canon 1184 for people who may be denied a Catholic funeral. Those include “notorious apostates, heretics and schismatics; those who chose the cremation of their bodies for reasons contrary to Christian faith” and “other manifest sinners who cannot be granted ecclesiastical funerals without public scandal of the faithful.” Boston’s Cardinal Sen O’Malley, O.F.M.Cap., led the prayers of final commendation at Kennedy’s Mass of Christian Burial. In his September 2 blog, the cardinal addressed Catholics “who have voiced both support and disappointment at my having presided at the senator’s funeral Mass” (www.bostoncatholic.org). Cardinal O’Malley wrote: “Needless to say, the senator’s wake and Catholic funeral were controversial because of the fact that he did not publicly support Catholic teaching and advocacy on behalf of the unborn. “Given the profound effect on Catholic social teaching on so man
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