Mob boss denied funeral Mass

Think that only ancient Greeks had controversy over burials? Think again.

What if someone were to deny Catholic burial rights to a practicing murderer? Would it be just? Such is the conflict behind the Gotti family's dispute with the Catholic Church over the rejected burial Mass of mob boss, John Gotti.

Here is the story:
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Catholic/2002/06/Gotti-Denied-Catholic-Funeral-Mass.aspx

Questions to explore:

• Should there be any sympathy towards Gotti or his family? Why or why not?
• How is this controversy different from that of Antigone's attempts to provide her brother ith his rights?
• Where do you stand? How would you resolve it?

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