[Desdemona]

Um, I don't think Al Capone had a Catholic funeral. Mobsters, nowadays, aren't really allowed. The NY mob actually has its own cemetery, St.John the Baptist, which isn't consecrated. Being buried in an unconsecrated cemetery is just as big an issue to Catholics as not having a Catholic funeral.

I certainly hope Teddy reconciled with God before his death and had a true general confession. That's between him and God. May God have mercy on his soul.

[Jmouse007]

"The memory of the righteous is blessed,

But the name of the wicked will rot." (Proverbs 10:7)

[blu]

Um, I don't think Al Capone had a Catholic funeral. Mobsters, nowadays, aren't really allowed. The NY mob actually has its own cemetery, St.John the Baptist, which isn't consecrated. Being buried in an unconsecrated cemetery is just as big an issue to Catholics as not having a Catholic funeral.

So if I get cremated and sprinkled over the library and the college and the river....that's gonna put a kink in my "E ticket" to Heaven? Oh well, I'm positive I'll have plenty of years in Purgatory to get over it! I'll stop and say Hi and a few other things (which will of course add more Purgatory time) to Teddy when (if) I see him.