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Re: The Pope
At my brother in laws funeral the children who were present released balloons......I thought it was beautiful and symbolic.......I had never seen this done before.
I do not have any qualms about the showing of the Pope's body......as A-B says it is entrenched in tradition......but I also understand about not wanting children to see a dead body.
I was 7 years old when my Gran died of a brain haemorrhage.......I wanted to go and see her in the Chapel of Rest. My parents tried to talk me out of it, but I was adamant that I wanted to go.......I think that in the main it was to assure myself that she WAS really dead.
I was not afraid, even though her face was dark because of the bruising......and I have never regretted it.
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