http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2327262/posts?page=23#23
Please check out the link.
If Kennedy received the Sacrament of the Sick — in a way, and exorcism, we do not know, oher than to say, if that happened a lot of time will be spent in Purgatory by him before he enters heaven.
I vehemently disagreed with Kennedy’s policies, but I cannot be his judge, lest I be judged too. For someday, I will be judged. Instead, say a Rosary for him.
No rosary will help him if he died in his sins without repenting and accepting Christ as his Saviour. It is Christ and Christ alone who paid the price for our sins with his shed blood. When a person dies there is then judgement with nothing in between.
Hbr 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
“A Mass of Christian Burial is a privilege — not a right. It is for those who have lived a Christian life. Senator Kennedy’s scandalous disregard of his Church’s teaching and the destruction of human life that may be attributed to his voting record make his funeral celebration quite dubious. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Scandal is an attitude or behavior which leads another to evil… and that it takes on a particular gravity by reason of the authority of those who cause it”(n. 2284-85). For such a person the Code of Canon Law says, “Church funeral rites are to be denied to the following (unless they gave some sign of repentance before death): manifest sinners to whom a Church funeral could not be granted without public scandal to the faithful” (c. 1184.3). How many Catholics have been led astray by Senator Kennedy and other prominent pro-choice Catholics? And, finally, how many other Catholic politicians will be emboldened to emulate his behavior because the honor the Church is extending to him?”
From all reports, he was given Last Rites. So, I think it safe to assume that he made it to Purgatory. Now, as to when he will ever get out of there....