So others who are not Catholic can lead a mass, participate in a mass as a "priest," not just properly ordained Catholic priests?
Jackson says life is uncertain, but a life of service matters. We pray to God that Chavez finds peace and acceptance for his service
I believe God will deal with his "service" appropriately.
Here's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad kissing Hugo Chavez's coffin earlier
I think God will take note of that endorsement.
Cardinal Urosa Savino...called on all Venezuelans to participate in the Eucharist.
Is this an exception or are non-Catholics allowed to participate in the Eucharist at any time? I'm assuming that not "all Venezuelans" are Catholic. Or maybe for an event such as this, all Venezuelans are considered Catholic?
...he (Chavez) called Cardinal Urosa “a troglodyte” and warned the Vatican that, as long as the cardinal remained as archbishop of Caracas:
I will remain very far away from the Church.
Would that automatically put him "very far away" from God?
Chávez was a Catholic.
Oh, OK.
Chávez over the course of his presidency became increasingly open to discussing his religious views, stating that both his faith and his version [oh my, that is interesting] of Jesus' personal life and ideology had a profound impact on his Liberation Theology.
Well if it wasn't for "his version" I would imagine that the "impact" would have led Chavez to denounce his un-Godly belief in Liberation Theology. Nice to see he goes along with Obama's mentor and pastor, the "Reverend" Jeremiah (God d*** America) Wright, and Obama's beliefs also.
Interesting. Seems that Chavez had his own personal interpretation of Scripture guiding him and the Catholic church still embraced him in death by giving him a Catholic funeral.
That is an endorsement of his theology. I guess it doesn’t run contrary to Catholic teaching after all.