No funeral mass for abortionist.Lodz - Poland's Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. refused to allow a funeral Mass for a prominent abortionist abortionist /abor·tion·ist/ (ah-bor´shun-ist) one who performs abortions. and abortion advocate. Dr. Waclaw Dec, 66, a practicing Catholic and professor at the Medical Academy in Lodz, died May 12th in a car accident. The Church refused to allow a "religious funeral" the following Friday in his native city of Lodz because he advocated legalizing abortion, said Fr. Andrzej Dabrowski of the Lodz diocese. "This is not a punishment. It is just a consequence of his views." Church officials allowed Dec's burial in a Catholic cemetery, following a funeral procession pro·ces·sion n. 1. The act of moving along or forward; progression. 2. Origination; emanation; rise. 3. a. A group of persons, vehicles, or objects moving along in an orderly, formal manner. led by a priest (The Wanderer wanderer A person, often with a mental disorder, admitted to one hospital after another, defined as ≥ 4/yr. Designations Wandering patient WP So named if wanderer has a treatable illness. , May 29, 1997). |
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