Priest denies burial mass to cohabiting woman

Time for a bit of good healthy anti-clerical material.

It is today's news that a priest refused to celebrate a burial mass to a woman from Calabria (that's the tip of Italy's toe) because she has been a sinner.

And what was the sin? you guessed it: she was co-habiting with her partner, without getting married with him. The reason for the cohabitation is that he didn't want to get divorced from his former wife.

You can read the whole story in Italian here: http://www.repubblica.it/2005/g/sezioni/cronaca/parroco/parroco/parroco.html

My first reaction was that of outrage and disappointment for this insane behaviour on the Church side.

But then I counted till three (which was enough) and realized that the Catholic Church is slowly digging its own grave by decreeing its irrelevance in daily affairs.

Frankly: who the hell cares about the mass? certainly not the poor dead woman, and certainly not her man, who as a co-habiting partner is a sinner himself. Certainly not me, and hopefully none of their relations either.

And by the way, who the hell cares about the Church anymore? how many youngsters follow its rules and stay virgin until the wedding and use no contraceptives in the whole of their life? how many Italians go to Church every Sunday and never wish to have other people's things and women?

Welcome back to the Inquisition.