To: OldNavyVet; markomalley
That's nice. You actually needed google to know that?
That's the national flag of the Vatican City-State.
It's not a "Church Flag". It's a secular national emblem, same as the US Flag. As such, it is every bit as inappropriate a funeral pall as a US Flag or any other secular symbol.
43 posted on
02/29/2012 11:22:03 AM PST by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard; OldNavyVet
A funeral pall:
A really "stylish" funeral pall (with accompanying vestments):
On the other hand, the Vatican Flag:
I, for one, don't see the resemblance.
Now, for something completely different.
You would think that if ANYBODY would have the Vatican flag on his coffin, this guy would:
But no, no Vatican flag.
44 posted on
02/29/2012 5:22:48 PM PST by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good-Pope Leo XIII)
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