Thomas Griffin 2/20/24 (The Federalist)
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, one of America’s most famous churches, is under fire after hosting a funeral for self-proclaimed atheist transgender activist Cecilia Gentili last week. Leadership at St. Patrick’s is now deeming the funeral a “scandal,” and for all Catholics, it certainly should be.
Gentili, 52, who was born a male and was baptized as a Catholic, founded Transgender Equity Consulting. The organizer of the funeral, Ceyenne Doroshow, admitted to keeping details about Gentili “under wraps” while scheduling the Mass at St. Patrick’s. Doroshow noted the deceased wanted the funeral to be at St. Patrick’s because the building was “an icon, just like her.”
As a Catholic, the behavior at the cathedral is very upsetting. What is even more upsetting, however, is the fact that truth and respect have become so foreign that some would degrade a person’s death to trample on the truth that the church proclaims.
That truth will not change, even if the attacks against it become increasingly belligerent, ignorant, and disrespectful.
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Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and two sons. He has a masters degree in theology and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine.
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