Who can be denied a funeral service?

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The recent lavish funeral of the Roman mafioso Casamonica drew public condemnation not only because of their spectacularity, but also due to the fact that the Church did not refuse the funeral service for an inveterate sinner.

Don Giulio Maspero, associate professor at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, comments on this event: “First of all, we must say that we are all sinners. The Bible says that a righteous man sins seven times, and if only the fact that we are sinners hindered the funeral service, it would not be performed on anyone. Then, there are obvious, well-known sinners who despise the Church and her community. This is a different matter, in contrast to the sin of human weakness. “

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