Human Life International has released a strongly worded statement chastising plans for a public Catholic funeral for the late pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, 'divorced' former senator Ted Kennedy. Concerned about the message sent to Catholics & the world, the HLI statement says...
* "There was very little about Ted Kennedy's life that deserves admiration from a spiritual or moral point of view. He was probably the worst example of a Catholic statesman that one can think of."
* Says honoring this champion of the culture of death with a Catholic funeral "is unjust to those who have actually paid the price of fidelity." It also refers to the "unborn who he betrayed time and time again" as well as the "rest of us who are laboring to undo the scandalous example of Catholicism that he gave to three generations of Americans."
* Claims that "Every indication of Senator Kennedy's career, every public appearance, every sound bite showed an acerbic, divisive and partisan political hack for whom party politics were much more infallible than Church doctrines."
* The statement says that "If we do not remind ourselves of the necessity of public confession for public sins such as Senator Kennedy was guilty of, then we are negligent in our embrace of the Faith and we are part of the problem. As Pope Benedict has reminded us recently, charity without truth can easily become mere sentimentality, and we must not fall into that error. A Catholic show of charity for the family must not eclipse the truth that is required of all with eyes to see and ears to hear."
The organization joins others in calling for a private funeral.
Note: We are reminded that while judgment of human actions is necessary, we must leave judgment of souls in God's hands. Pray for his soul.
[HLI article here] [8/28]
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