Slouching Towards ObaWorship
The Fruition of the Spirit of Vatican II

Here's some of the article from JH Westen of Life Site News. Emphasis and comments mine.
The Kennedy Funeral - A Golden Opportunity or Capitulation for the Catholic Church
August 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Saturday's grandiose Catholic funeral for Senator Ted Kennedy has the potential to be a scandal that will make Notre Dame's Obama Day a walk in the park. With all four living former Presidents in attendance and an address from President Barack Obama, the funeral is set to be a royal crowning, right inside a Catholic Church, of a man who betrayed the most fundamental moral teachings of the faith. (This is where I believe Weston is off the mark. Kennedy isn't being crowned. That's impossible... he's dead. So who exactly was it that was being coronated?)

What example will this give to Catholics and the rest of the world looking in? It will surely belie the Catholic teachings on the sanctity of life and sexuality. "Surely," they will say, "if one of the most vociferous proponents of abortion and homosexuality in politics is so feted in the Church, the Church cannot possibly regard abortion as murder." Would anyone so honor one who so advocated what the church officially considers an "unspeakable crime"? (How could Christ be present in The Eucharist at this obamanation? Think about it.)

The Church in the US has suffered a dangerous precedent with the recent Notre Dame award to President Obama. However, President Obama is not Catholic. Therefore, the impact of the scandal was blunted. Regarding Senator Kennedy, however, the stakes are much higher in terms of scandal and public relations. (Besides the obvious, how could they have been worse? Possibly the Papal Crowning of Pope Barry the Worst?)

Rev. Patrick Tarrant, pastor of the Church where Kennedy is to be buried has informed the media that he was present at Kennedy's death and thus hopefully the senator made a last confession and was reconciled with the Church. ("Hopefully"? Hope in one hand, deficate in the other. See which one fills faster.)

However, only a public repudiation of his militantly anti-life and anti-family actions would serve to lessen the scandal of the upcoming funeral extravaganza. (And that simply ain't gonna happen.)

If we assume a private confession was made there could be a private funeral Mass for the family, without politicians and media. And of course there would still be a secular memorial event, with all the pomp and ceremony for this star of the secular world. (And the Master of Ceremonies for this Three Ring Circus was good ol' Cardinal Sean. What gutless cowards we have for shepherds.)

Such a deliberately subdued Catholic liturgical event for the Senator would, at this time, with the announcement of the Catholic funeral already out, come at the cost of enduring the rage of those who have become used to the Church giving in to their demands. However, the eternal benefit would be to send a clear message to Catholic politicians in particular, and to the public in general, that the Church is actually serious about the sanctity of human life. (BINGO!! This farce that just took place in Boston proves that The Novus Ordo Catholic Church in America is NOT serious about the sanctity of human life, period. Think I'm overreacting? Fine, when the USCCB refutes what just happened, I'll happily retract my statements.)

Canada suffered a similar scandal in 2000, with the death of former Catholic Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Despite his having legalized abortion, divorce and homosexuality he was given a state funeral in Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica, presided over by the archbishop of Montreal, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte. One of the pallbearers was Cuba's communist president Fidel Castro. (Yep, The Canadian Socialized Health Care isn't the only thing Canadian that The Zero wants to incorporate in Ammerica.)

Five months after the funeral Calgary Bishop Fred Henry was asked if he were offended by Trudeau’s funeral. He replied: “Yes, I was.... there were some issues or questions there that might make one kind of pause and consider whether or not this was an appropriate funeral to have or not." (Understatement of the year.)