If I go back to my 16 years of Catholic education, including the last four with the Jesuits, I fail to see how the Church can have a public funeral mass without causing a scandal. Kennedy was divorced, lived a scandalous life and openly promoted and defended abortion and homosexuality.
But, then again, I’ve lost all hope that our Bishops have anything to do with Catholic teachings but are merely poor accountants.
I think this is where FRED PHELPS comes in??? /sarc / lol
That’s pretty much what some of them are.
If you also go back to your 16 years of Catholic education you should remember that Catholic funeral Masses are performed every day on people who aren’t practicing Catholics. People who didn’t follow church teachings, didn’t live as Catholics, etc. TK and most of the Kennedy family iirc aren’t and haven’t been practicing Catholics. And that’s common knowledge. Yet, they’ve been married in Catholic masses, buried in Catholic masses, and have priests and bishops that think they’re wonderful. Or they get something from it.
JFK wasn’t a practicing Catholic either and he pretty much sucked as President but many seem to forget all about that.
Only 1 thing with what you said, he got his first marriage annulled so he could marry the second wife within the church..Making his children bastards...