[Catholic Caucus] A Funeral Fit for Vatican II: Francis’s Funeral ReformsEven in death, Francis seems intent on mocking the papacy.In what is erroneously described as yet another act of humility, the Vatican announced this week that the rubrics for pontifical funerals are being “simplified.”The reforms are intended to “emphasize even more that the Roman Pontiff’s funeral is that of a shepherd and disciple of Christ and not of a powerful man of this world,” Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the Vatican’s Master of Ceremonies, has said. They are meant to “better express the faith of the Church in the Risen Christ.”The previous...