I noticed that the Kennedy Funeral Mass included Holy Communion...

[brooklynite]

...did they let Senator Kerry and all those pro-choice liberals partake this time?

[hedgehog]

1. The Mass was held in Boston, not Scranton.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20090829_Scranton_s_Bishop_Martino_reportedly_resigning.html

[Ocracoker16]

5. yes, refusing communion is a regional thing

[Raven]

2. I bet they did! I have for years.

[Iris]

16. I did for the first time in years while visiting my great-aunt in Florida.

When a 90 year old woman expects you to go to communion, you go.

The ceiling didn't fall in, but when she tried to light a candle for my save trip, the votive wasn't work!

:shrug:

[HopeHoops]

3. Did the shrub's wafer burst into flames?

It should have.

[Peregrine Took]

6. DId HE go to Communion? That's a no no.

[HopeHoops]

8. The fucker autographed little American flags.

What the hell does he know about protocol? Besides, he's wasted. He'll do anything if it looks like fun.

[ashling]

19. No . . . he thought they were celebrating Holy Communism

:eyes:

[emilyg]

27. Why would he take Communion?

[patrice]

4. They don't have a leg to stand on about Abortion until they just as publicly disavow WAR, "No Commu

nion for Pro-War Catholics" and they aren't going to do that.

[Hekate]

7. The Catholic bishops of the US published a statement against invading Iraq.That good enough for you?

Probably not.

Hekate

[hedgehog]

9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy opens with the bulldozers

showing up at Arther Dent's home to knock it down as part of new highway construction. When Dent objects, he is informed that the notices were placed in the town hall for months. He investigates and finds the proposal at the back of the bottom drawer of a filing cabinet in the basement in a room with a broken light bulb.

Whenever the US Bishops issue a statement on social justice, they place it beneath that proposal.

[patrice]

10. You're right it isn't. It would help to hear governors and such who favor the War of Aggression agai

nst Iraq threatened with denial of Communion; the same way they are if they are Pro-Choice.

Though I would ultimately say that Pro-Choice IS the real Pro-Life position, bishops attempting to deny the sacraments to War supporters would at least be the consistent, "Seamless Cloak", position on what is conventionally referred to as "Pro Life".

[patrice]

12. P.S. Look up the Order of the Spur and get back to us. nt

[patrice]

15. P.P.S. google Opus Dei and General Franco

[Retrograde]

21. Is he still dead?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Critters2]

18. But that's the point. Once they issued that statement, did they refuse communion

to those who advocated in favor of the war...or those who fought?


Didn't think so.

[patrice]

24. Theat would have emptied the pews and the collection baskets and fund raisers. nt

[Sebastian Doyle]

25. I believe Pope John Paul condemned Chimpy's invasion and occupation of Iraq

Not sure what Benny the Rat said about it, but then he was Hitler Youth, so what would you expect?

[Hekate]

11. I watched the whole service on tv. Did you? I didn't see the congregation go to the altar rails...

... en masse, nor did I see communion wine and wafers being walked among the congregants.

I did see the priests give communion to each other, to Placido Domingo before he sang the Ave Maria, and to a few others whom I couldn't identify right off but presumed were family.

It was a congregation of many religious backgrounds, befitting a public figure of Kennedy's stature. Offering communion to all is not the Roman Catholic way, as is their right given our Constitutional freedom of religion clause.

The decision may have been made to have only family members receive communion, but in any case there was no occasion to leave anybody out. No need to perceive a slight where none was offered.

Hekate

[LuckyLib]

14. Mass was said after Kennedy died at the Hyannis house. No doubt

communion was offered to the family there. Communion for that whole church would have taken an hour.

[Hansel]

20. It appears communion was offered to anyone there who wanted it.

This is typical at Catholic funerals. We have had many Catholic funerals for my family and friends, and it is offered to everyone who wants it as a rule. In this case priests dispersed throughout the church in small groups to offer communion to the people in the back half of the church and I did see people getting up to go receive communion from that area.

The only reason we didn't see people going to receive communion en masse is because the cameras were focused on the organ player and singers. But that was the purpose for the music going on so long. To wait for all who wanted communion to receive it. I'm betting that a large percentage of the people there were Catholic including quite a few of the senators and families.

I was actually wondering early in the funeral how they were going to handle such a large number of people who would likely want communion.

[lamp_shade]

13. The cut the cameras to other things during Communion. I'm sure this was done at the request

of the family for obvious reasons.

[EFerrari]

22. That's right. And that's when Placido Domingo was singing. n/t

[southernyankeebelle]

17. Communion is always part of any mass. It depends on what priest is serving.

I hate to tell you most catholics are pro choice. They wouldn't have anyone receiving communion if that were the case. You must receive to the catholic church using birth control of any kind is against church law.

[gauguin57]

23. Did you notice that the camera went up into the rafters of the church during communion?

I'm glad it did ... because communion gets really complicated in the Catholic church (who's divorced? who's pro-choice? blah blah blah).

[stray cat]

26. Teddy is a member of the church - so what do you really think if you think about it?

[kwassa]

28. Kennedy was a pro-choice liberal and took communion all the time.