Eulogy ban - Hierarchy is out of touch

The decision by Dr Michael Smith, the Bishop of Meath, to ban appreciations or eulogies by family members or friends of the deceased in church raises a number of questions.

Eulogy ban - Hierarchy is out of touch

He seems to be suggesting that only priests should speak in church about the deceased.

This excludes the vast majority of the body of the Church, and also most of those likely to know best the person they are talking about. Moreover, the bishop stated that priests should engage only with the family in relation to funerals and thereby essentially ignore “funeral planners”.

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