I was an altar boy back in 6th grade and would get excused from class to serve at funerals during the week. I noticed that some folks got a much higher quality of funeral than others.
Being quite naive, I made inquiries, and was tersely advised by Sister Superior that the folks with money were treated better by the church.
In essence, they paid for the higher quality of funeral. - It was the beginning of the end of my days with the catholic church. Up to that point, I wanted to go on to the seminary.
They also get better cars, houses, food and life styles. Did you quit working?
And even though you quit, it is still the Catholic Church, it was before you were born and lost your Faith {probably the rules were too tough for your genteel ways} and will be long after you are gone.
Some rich people deserve recognition by the Church.Many great saints have come from aristocratic families. Eunice Shriver, Kennedy’s sister, did a lot of great things, including the Special Olympics. It is telling that HER funeral mass was Much more modest. The Kennedy mass was a political show, like the coronation mass of Napoleon, which the pope attended as a virtual prisoner to lend legitimacy to Napoleon’s dictatorship. Like Charlemagne’s except Napoleon crowned himself. Kennedy spent a life of open debauchery and politically did everything he could to discredit the Pro-life movement.