Rome church and state refuse funeral for Nazi

[cbayer]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/10/rome-church-state-refuse-funeral-nazi-20131014143116523972.html

Neither Rome, Erich Piebke's adopted homeland of Argentina, nor his hometown in Germany will bury him.


Piebke, a former SS captain, spent nearly 50 years on the run [AFP]

Rome's mayor, police chief and the pope's right-hand man have all refused to grant Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke a church funeral in the city where he participated in one of the worst massacres in German-occupied Italy.

As his body lies in a Rome hospital morgue, debate rages over what to do with the mortal remains of a man who never expressed any regret, insisting to the end that he was just following orders.

Neither Rome, nor his adopted homeland of Argentina, nor his hometown in Germany wants him.

The former SS captain spent nearly 50 years on the run before being extradited to Italy from Argentina in 1995 to stand trial for the 1944 massacre at the Ardeatine Caves outside Rome, in which 335 civilians were killed.

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1. He was an egregious war criminal but if he repented he should be given a church funeral.

That's what it's all about.

I'd like to see the particulars in this decision.

[struggle4progress]

3. That sounds to me sound and ancient doctrine, though (of course) I not being Catholic cannot be sure

of the Catholic view and (in any case) would be reluctant to consider the application to any particular individual

[Angry Dragon]

4. ...........

"As his body lies in a Rome hospital morgue, debate rages over what to do with the mortal remains of a man who never expressed any regret, insisting to the end that he was just following orders."

[cbayer]

5. Well, there's the answer right there.

[rug]

7. Unrepentant to the end.

In his final interview released upon his death, he denied the Nazis gassed Jews during the Holocaust and accused the West of inventing such crimes to cover up atrocities committed by the Allies during World War II.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/14/erich-preibke-funeral_n_4097749.html

[OregonBlue]

2. They should just feed him to the pigs. Very fitting.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. The pigs might catch something from him.

True, as well as symbolic - you'd need to think about prions.

Can he not be cremated without ceremony? I'm pretty sure crematoria have to have a way of disposing of ashes that no-one wants to take away.

[dimbear]

8. He received a Catholic funeral presented by the SSPX. Some spoilsports catcalled.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023855393

That SSPX, always standing up for the old ways. It takes one back to the glory days of the Concordat.



To be fair, if Hitler could have funeral masses, why not this guy?

[cbayer]

9. Thanks for the update.

[rug]

10. Even without Williamson, the SSPX is a fetid organization.

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/23/holocaust-denying-bishop-removed-from-traditionalist-society/