What does that mean? Did he say that she had been attending RCC ceremonies before the cardiac arrest? Has this priest said anything publicly about any continuing adherence to the RCC on her part in the years leading up to 1990? Do you have a link to that?
In the forthcoming dispute, that would seem to be a factor to be considered. Generally, it is true that the ceremonies and remembrances of funerals and burials are for the living, not for the dead. The dead, after all, are gone. On the other hand, we do like to fulfill the wishes of the dead, if we can. Do you have any evidence of her continued adherence to the RCC in the years leading up to 1990?
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050328/ap_on_re_us/brain_damaged_woman
Schiavo Receives Communion, Last Rites
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press Writer
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Their hopes fading and legal options exhausted, Terri Schiavo's parents appeared quietly resigned Sunday to watching her die but could claim one Easter victory: The severely brain-damaged woman received a drop of communion wine on her tongue — her only sustenance in nine days — after her husband allowed her to receive the sacrament.
Well how gracious of him.