The controversy/debate over the church funeral of songwriter Lucio Dalla, who was gay, is interesting.
Today's Irish Times carries a report by Paddy Agnew on the story.
Surely the church would never deny a Christian burial to a gay person? If such were its policy large numbers of its own priests would be denied a Christian burial.
As Paddy Agnew admits today, we have not heard the last of this story.
Of course the issue is not whether a person is gay or not. Surely the issue is the lengths to which the institutional church goes to cover up and hide all aspects of sexuality that don't fit it in to its understadning of the human person.
It is probable that in any group of clerics investigating issues dealing with sexuality there are homosexual woman and men memebrs of the investigating teams. And nothing wrong with that either. But the problem comes when these people are 'forced' to hide their orientation.
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I thought these lay eulogies were supposded to be banned in Church at Catholic funerals. That and lay music.
But it seems, exception can be made for celebrities, or by sane and caring pastors.
I must say, I have found the eulogies the most inspiring part of the funerals/removals I have been at recently. Much more so than all this heaven stuff that the priest goes on with.
As for the sexuality issue, Church authorities are just beyond salvation on this one.
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