[Bayard]

Family wanted a canonization and when they didn’t get it, they run to the press. Killing yourself is still a grave sin in the Church.

[Ron H.]

Family wanted a canonization and when they didn’t get it, they run to the press. Killing yourself is still a grave sin in the Church.

Correct.

[2nd amendment mama]

Family wanted a canonization and when they didn’t get it, they run to the press. Killing yourself is still a grave sin in the Church.

So, then is it your contention that at every funeral priests should be critical and tell all those in attendance how despicable a sinner the deceased is and that they might not be welcome in heaven? After all, we are all sinners.

[fidelis]

"Family wanted a canonization and when they didn’t get it, they run to the press. Killing yourself is still a grave sin in the Church."

This is what I'm sensing too. Since the article nowhere directly quotes the priest, he may have said something as simple as "Only God knows whether he is in heaven or not, but we need to pray for the repose of his soul," which is solidly Catholic teaching (2 Maccabees 12:39-46).

[lastchance]

They should remember that years ago a funeral mass would not have been possible for a person who self murdered.