Outrage over trans activist's funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral

The funeral of a renowned transgender activist in a New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by a senior church official, who called the Mass a scandal within one of the preeminent houses of worship in U.S. Catholicism. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York condemned the funeral of Cecilia Gentili in Manhattan's St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday.
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[@Petemonster62]

If Cecelia was an atheist, why did she want a church funeral?

[@DevoteeCT]

To mock.

[@Dave-if5qj]

Was probably planned

[@michaeldoldron8444]

You gotta blame her parents & family Who are devoted sanctified Catholics? And they belong to the Santa Maria, and regardless of if they gay straight Trans they will still give them a Catholic mass of burial. This is everyday as a funeral director same garbage seen this all the time, not new.

[@johnsjohnson448]

"Genitilia."

[@vasjapremerl7270]

To mock God and to defile the church

[@Okayyycool]

They know exactly what they’re doing. Shameful.

[@louisnealon6811]

Sexually abusing innocent children and Irish nuns burying infants in mass graves, and selling the babies of unwed mthers to forigneresfor the highest price, the Catholic Inquisition not to mention Mother Teresa's hording money in the Vatican Bank while people were dying in the streets of Calcutta. Now THAT's shameful.

[@JaneJones-lg3bd]

Some people just cannot or will not see who is really running this world. It's getting worse by the day!

[@seanluzdeluna8153]

As does your mother.

[@1-1-864]

If the church had found out about their shenanigans, they would be in front of the church protesting. So instead, the Lord exposed their wicked hart. Now people will point and say, “yep, that confirms it.”

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

@@1-1-864to particular individuals, not the church itself, big difference.

[@user-dr7bq6ob7b]

You don’t need to be “old school” to be disgusted by this performance.

[@Molly96328]

Exactly!

[@JewishJeff839]

@@Molly96328 Was it YOUR funeral?

[@ignatiusjackson235]

@@JewishJeff839 Was it YOUR parish?

[@wgcds7jyg897]

@@ignatiusjackson235Yes

[@sarahmurphy-nf4yl]

It was very disrespectful.

[@delftbrown75]

Horrific and disrespectful

[@annemarieosullivan8717]

God is much more concerned about 1.2 billion catholics being deceived by the false gospel of Rome. God is angry about this. No wonder demonic spirits can freely roam about here. They do not preach under the sole authority of the word of God, only preach a false gospel. The mass is blashemphy, as Jesus paid the complete price for sin on the cross. He said it was finished, his final words on the cross, yet the RC church offering up sacrifice every day during the mass. They are telling people you need our sacraments as what Jesus did wasn't enough.

[@JewishJeff839]

What was "disrespectful" that had you in tears, like a girly?

[@Hborn]

Don't trust them around your children

[@DJDAVINCI]

We live in a world where satan has stopped hiding. And the world pretends not to see it.

[@johnsjohnson448]

There is evil everywhere. But enough about my marriage.

[@cherylallen3212]

AMEN , THAT IS SOOO TRUE ITS A SHAME 😤😤

[@beckyboo1433]

Yepppp

[@sebcw1204]

do you know what the satan was in the bible? and yes, "the" satan. the role. the job. do you know what that angel was tasked with? do you know by whom he was given that task? he will do as god allows.

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

@@sebcw1204 yeah no. You obviously have never read the Bible. NEXT.

[@christianbrother4724]

The irony. They despise the church's teaching yet insist on trying to be part of it.

[@chrismaurer2075]

Why not , they stole the rainbow symbol .

[@ShelbySmith-wl5gi]

This is horrific.

[@czarinajudan6643]

Ikr

[@trishspinazola287]

No they are actually mocking God and who gave permission? The confused one from Rome! Wake up!

[@danielkaiser8971]

It's not ironic if you believe God is always calling everyone to be closer to Him. God's calling to them is stronger than the church's rejection of them.

[@justamarie9272]

That’s disrespectful

[@LAFITZ10]

only the Catholic Love (HATE) is disrespectful

[@e.jenima7263]

It is very dissrespectfull and is a slap in the face to practiceing Gay and trans roman catholics who are struggling for even the slightest bit of acceptance from the church and trying to live holy or ordinanry lives on there terms and gods.

[@WhzESjngzie-1988]

​@@LAFITZ10try islam then

[@alejandromilatorres8053]

This is Satanic, acts such as these bring upon us a chastisement from God

[@beesechurger929]

​@@e.jenima7263Don't play dumb, you know damn well the church isn't going to be accepting of making of fake saints or celebrating people's being whores. If you celebrate that stuff then you aren't a practicing catholic. You can't just make sin accepted in church. It kinda defeats the whole purpose of it.

[@MariaSmith007]

😢 Sad to see such disrespect at a Catholic Church. These people think they are above God. Their actions are selfish. I’m tired of them demanding respect then their behavior towards everyone else is the opposite.

[@danielkaiser8971]

You claim to know what those people think. Are you a mind reader? Try reading Matthew 7:1-3 and take a deep breath.

[@cliffords2315]

Sad to see that the Catholic Preist alowed this to happen in Gods House,

[@chrismaurer2075]

@@danielkaiser8971 Keep playing twisty Bible if it makes you happy but continue reading Matthew 7:6 .

[@user-zi6vb6sq6i]

God say don’t appoint fingers to nobody don’t mean with their are we need respect everyone and show love ❤️ not criticism but love

[@HatianHurricane]

Absolutely correct!!! Very well said!!!!

[@michaelkay8914]

Making a mockery of God

[@benjamintaylor4402]

God knows all about the "mother of whores". Do you need an explanation?

[@LesRequiem957]

Good. Fuck that fantasy character.

[@punkinmyvitamins1]

I think “god” does a good job of making a mockery of its self and the people who believe that bs.

[@michaelkay8914]

@@punkinmyvitamins1 IC XC 🌵📿🕯☦️🕯🌵NIKA

[@marcyoverby3817]

KNOW THAT IS SCARY..

[@waterislife5109]

The lgbt community needs to respect the Catholic community. Just like they want respect. This is disgusting and very disrespectful. The church is not a dance club.

[@danielkaiser8971]

The "Catholic community" did not attend that funeral. The friends and relatives of the deceased Catholic member, who may or may not be Catholic themselves, attended that funeral -- not a dance club event -- which was one and only one event. Had it not been made public, it surely would not have been your business or concern. Try reading Matthew 7:1-3 and take a deep breath.

[@MarkGriswold000]

It is not about 'respect', this is just the verbage used as a trojan horse to damage Christianity.

[@rerejones9095]

@@danielkaiser8971 lady don’t even try to read scripture to someone because if you are trying to justify this. You don’t know your Bible.

[@justicemcpherson928]

The LGBT community was far more respectful to the Catholic Church than any church has ever been to them.

[@AngelaShawWestoven]

The priests don't respect the Catholic Church with all of their sexual predators running around acting holy. That why I left.

[@prb6137]

Outrageous! Disgusting.

[@danielkaiser8971]

Try reading Matthew 7:1-3 and take a deep breath.

[@spasjt]

@@danielkaiser8971 Now you read the next few versus that specifically say that we need to remove the plank in our own eyes to remove the splinter in our brother's. You see, you are incorrectly reading the passage. It says to get right with God so you can help others do likewise. But you, like many others, misuse it as a shield for personal justification for sin.

[@johnsjohnson448]

But enough about wife's cooking.

[@RichiiRich]

This is false. Yu clearly haven't read the bible. @@danielkaiser8971

[@angelabarnes4062]

The devil has gotten bold. He sits in God house in sin boldly.

[@MSJ_raptor]

100%

[@danielkaiser8971]

Tell me, which "sin" exactly, was committed?

[@MSJ_raptor]

​@@danielkaiser8971 Romans 1:26-27 is commonly cited as one instance of New Testament teaching against homosexuality. It reads... "That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved." But I say this to explain. If you do not accept it, that's fine, but, within Christianity, this is what is believed. Specifically, LUST is a one of the deadly sins, as is PRIDE.

[@user-vx7vi3vq1c]

@@danielkaiser8971Are you stupid, or pretending to be stupid?

[@user-ts7ns7bt2v]

I think he’s on the throne in Rome

[@dudemorris7769]

This is completely disgusting and disgraceful for these adults to do this at St Patrick’s. I’m not even Christian and find this distasteful. Here the church went out of their way too honor the deceased & then for these ignorant fools to then make a mockery out of her service is in the poorest of taste. Then wonder why they aren’t given the respect they claim they deserve. Well, they don’t give respect to any one else and ultimately just caused themselves more issues from others over their lack of decorum & respect for the dead.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

There was no "her" here. This was a cross dressing MAN.

[@chrismaurer2075]

His service. People need to quit playing along with their disorder .

[@clayscloset2618]

What if this is the service that she wanted? What’s wrong with a fun celebration?

[@jayjonah888]

$$$$money talks ,....

[@johnsjohnson448]

Faith, and House of Worship (Church, Temple, Mosque, Etc.) is not a place for Politics.

[@mariejohnson9665]

Disgusting 😡

[@danielkaiser8971]

Try reading Matthew 7:1-3 and take a deep breath.

[@catherinebida2531]

Whoever is in charge of allowing a funeral at a particular church venue should be required to provide certain background information on the deceased before consent is given for using the facilities

[@JewishJeff839]

And YOU are? A busybody, no one?

[@calson814]

​@@JewishJeff839well what she said is true. Sooo chill🥱

[@deniseoverbeck3088]

Usually the person is a member of a particular church and offering envelopes are provided to them, its a way of keeping record of weekly attendance, and the priests recognize the parishioners, if not know them

[@johnsjohnson448]

Religion (Church, etc.) does not work that way. Humans are not to judge others in "God's eyes."

[@theshepherdsinn]

When God is mocked Satan thinks he has won! In this case everyone there for this guys service lost big time for all eternity. He is now reaping the rewards of his actions! God is NOT mocked!!!

[@johnsjohnson448]

But "THEIR" ("pronoun") God is different.

[@MariaRamirez-jm3cj]

Well said!!

[@JewishJeff839]

@@johnsjohnson448And WHO would that be, brainless and uneducated? Is daddy proud of the liar he raised to be ignored?? Is daddy proud of the GIRL you are online and won't get a JOB?

[@JewishJeff839]

@@johnsjohnson448 In what way, female hissy fit?

[@JewishJeff839]

@@MariaRamirez-jm3cj Stupid sinner.

[@Laura-dw1hq]

If the alphabet community wants respect from others they need to respect others as well! So sick of the hypocrisy!

[@justicemcpherson928]

Well, they gave far more respect than they have ever gotten. It's not their job to be the better ones.

[@_HimToo]

​@justicemcpherson928 OK, but they want everyone else to be that for them and all the ridiculous crap they DEMAND. They don't just wan to be treated equal, accepted. Etc, they want people to change all types of societal norms, behaviors, and even language ffs. They demand people act in a way they are comfortable with, even when it's against the other people's beliefs. If these things don't happen then they bully & gang up on the "phobe" to the point of trying to publicly humiliate them & even attack their livelihoods. It's the Alphabet Mob, not Community. The respect is one sided & it's def not coming from the mob!

[@jenniferh189]

Many of us, probably even most of us gays, agree. In fact, we hate hearing these stories because it makes like harder for us "average Joe" gays who would never behave this way.

[@yourinvalid1981]

The alphabet community😂😂😂 I'm weak😅😄

[@justicemcpherson928]

@@jenniferh189Y'all got your rights because of people acting like this. Some of us are still fighting. This though? Just looks like fun. Anything to upset the Church.

[@beverleychrisjohn4361]

I trust the final judge!

[@marieri2654]

The devil was in that room

[@rhonda6739]

This is INSANITY! This is SHAMEFUL! How could St. Patrick's allow this scandal to happen? God help us!

[@movinon1242]

Churches do not do background checks on people requesting a funeral. They take the word of the family members. These family members lied, plain and simple. In most parishes it is not a problem, as they are small enough for people to know who is who. St. Patrick's is a huge Parish, however, with many outside it requesting services as well. They will need to change procedures now that the alphabet demons have opted to take advantage and exploit Christian charity.

[@JewishJeff839]

You weren't there, and no one wanted you there. What IS your mental damage, Christard? Or are you just showing what a CULT you are in...

[@JewishJeff839]

"Scandal"? Yet YOU weren't even there... Does God tell you to make fun of dead people like the Christian you are not?

[@carmenpereira5881]

DISGUSTING AND SACRILEGIOUS. They have defiled the church. Dolan needs to go. Shame on him calling himself a Catholic.

[@douggauzy6258]

Leave the False church and Put your trust in Jesus only . Not Catholicism .

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, ‘You are mad; you are not like us.’" ~St. Anthony the Great

[@loganq]

Didn't Netflix make him Gay?

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

@@loganq Thats Alexander the great

[@MaryReese-oy8is]

😢😢

[@loganq]

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 I'm sure Netflix will get around to St. Anthony the Great and make him a Trans BLM too.

[@2FLIPS3.5TWISTS]

Are we in the end times?

[@user-tm5em4vu7u]

Absolutely disrespectful to have such crap in our beautiful Catholic churches!!! 🤦‍♂️

[@barbwire7449]

No amount of evil in the Catholic church surprises anyone anymore.

[@sandyrodriguez6361]

I WONDER WHAT HE WILL SAY WHEN HE FINDS OUT GOD IS REAL!!!!!! 🤔

[@danielkaiser8971]

Ask the deceased Catholic clergy who diddled with underage boys.

[@movinon1242]

I think "oh, pachamama, I cannot belive how hot it is in this place!"

[@shermancoleman5941]

Facts God is very real and HE is finding out now

[@JewishJeff839]

How will YOU react when you find out "Joshua/Jesus" never existed?

[@genxer6928]

@@JewishJeff839but He did , Does, Ever Will .

[@spartan7717]

Atrocious

[@johnsjohnson448]

"The sound and smell of a shart 'rings' on and on." - Dark Brandon

[@JewishJeff839]

@@johnsjohnson448 John's sexuality seems to be in high gear as he acts like a girl here? Closet case, Nancy?

[@michellehughes576]

So disgusting

[@benhunter8551]

Disgusting and completely expected in this age.

[@charleneevans5848]

what a mockery.

[@johnsjohnson448]

But enough about my last marriage.

[@lindabergman3127]

What a funeral for an atheist 😮 unbelievable and blasphemy

[@zenwarfare70]

This is disgusting !

[@JewishJeff839]

Why?

[@ThatGuy-2882]

"Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall." ~Proverbs 16:18 NLT ~ These people have made their bed, now I hope they're prepared to lay in it.

[@johnsjohnson448]

Actually, it is their parent's bed because none of these people have jobs and are still living at home rent free.

[@cheesepuff65]

nobody chooses to be trans.

[@douggauzy6258]

I hope you’re talking about the disgusting. Catholic Church .

[@sandyaw3057]

The end is near and I’m ready, I don’t want to live in such a Godless world. I know Jesus showed love and compassion to everyone, but He would never want such blatant disrespect and sacrilege in His house of worship.

[@vxy357]

Yep! Didn't he overturn tables in a church because they were gambling and doing sinful, unholy things there?

[@sebcw1204]

the end has been near for 2024 years. the writings say the prediction of his second coming was within the generation of his followers. so it either will not happen or it happened already and we didn't really notice.

[@sebcw1204]

@@vxy357 no, they were exchanging money. they were taking the dirty filthy money of the commoners and giving them pure silver donation coins to give to the temple. it was a job that was made so that the dirty money wouldn't touch the holy collection plates.

[@Vanessa-ok3ys]

Same. I dont want to live here either, just want to go home.

[@FifthAveAtFive]

@@sebcw1204those were St. Paul’s early writings, his later ones emphasize that we actually don’t know when and that only God does. Then even later when the Gospels were written they say that we will not know the day nor hour so stay awake and be prepared.

[@kimlersue]

The trans community shows us every day, in every way, exactly what they are!

[@phoenixgamer1565]

On their way to the L a k e of F i r e.

[@tambrosia]

Amen @@phoenixgamer1565

[@emoc814]

Disgusting

[@cherylallen3212]

AM A CATHOLIC AM PROUD TO BE A CATHOLIC , THE LORD SAID WOE TO ANY MAN THAT LEAD HIS FLOCK ASTRAY , GOD IS NOT MOCK 😡 GOD IS STILL ON HIS THRONE, 🙏🙏IT'S A SHAME THEY ARE DOING THIS TO THE CHURCH 😭😭😭 BUT OUR GOOD GOD SEES👀 EVERYTHING 🙏🙏🙏

[@1faithCJ]

The Catholic Church is a joke

[@bobbycv64]

@@MrLeftfootlouie I am Catholic and agree with what you are saying. I always had a problem with worshiping and was told by a Deacon, you only have to RESPECT not Worship Mary. I also disagree praying to Saints. I go to GOD only, why do I need a human to interced

[@stephanieroth16]

Afraid of women, Mr. Left foot?​@@MrLeftfootlouie

[@tambrosia]

correct no other faith requires you to tell your sins to a man HE already knows your sins and wants you to talk to HIM. As for the saints and the Madonna, they are the original influencers to help show you how to get on track and be one with GOD. I respect them all but I say my prayers to HIM.@@bobbycv64

[@johnsjohnson448]

Practice. Teach. Show others the Way.

[@CrispyApron]

This is how you know it’s the end of the end here for us humans

[@BLACK_MikeHammer]

End of times for a certain segment of American society not of humans.... Things like this are happening in very few countries outside of the U.S.

[@JaneJones-lg3bd]

Ephesians 6:12. Tells you where the REAL battle is!

[@daerdfotuoerew4394]

It’s not lost on me ya’ll think God will end the world over this, but was apparently okay with centuries of legal slavery.

[@daveneilan167]

Satanic

[@user-zi6vb6sq6i]

You are not human what a difference because of people like you the world has turned against you

[@deborahmcgavin5921]

Yes, you don't the half of it.

[@lucyalienlove]

HAIL SATAN

[@paulgarcia2625]

Yup. The devils made their presence

[@cerenadefalco7684]

We still need Epstein client list.

[@ElZappata]

Amen

[@JewishJeff839]

Are you someone important, or another failed grade school flunk out?

[@williamgunderson7365]

@@JewishJeff839somebody has a stick up his/her/their ass and gets off commenting under everyone else’s comments. 😅

[@DeborahSanders-bz4gp]

This nation is on life support 🇺🇸.People like myself that still love am respect this country must stand up an unite.Against these unmoral bunch of heathens.

[@johnsjohnson448]

"In the Name of the Father, Son, and the Holy TRANS parent Ghost, AMEN."

[@South_Wall]

Being US citizen is immortal

[@tallbeanerboi6915]

​@@johnsjohnson448Be careful with what you say. The LORD will not be mocked. . .

[@DeniseDanielsAvon]

They have desecrated the house of God. Evil.

[@leilaszymczak432]

I feel that it never was a house of God....

[@danielkaiser8971]

Why did the Catholic Church allow it? If you must lay blame, lay it where it belongs.

[@louisnealon6811]

With all due respect, Denise. The clerics desecrated it many, many years ago. They have done more evil in the name of Our Lord than the LGBTQ community ever has. I do not mean to be argumentative. I just don't want us to forget the impact that the Catholic Church has had on humanity. The Spanish Inquisition, for example.

[@movinon1242]

The lying family is to blame. The family members lied on the application to receive the rite of a Catholic funeral.

[@JewishJeff839]

@@movinon1242 Proof? Or just needed the attention?

[@punkinmyvitamins1]

I gotta say, me being atheist myself, the last thing I’d want is for my funeral to be held at any kind of church so I’m not sure what they were thinking here…

[@capicu7660]

It was intentional. The LGBT community wanted to humiliate the Catholic Church. Shame on them.

[@JewishJeff839]

NOT your choice, was it, fairy?

[@hopefull61256]

They were activists

[@MrJ-dc3yz]

If they wanted a drag show take it to a bar. So disrespectful.

[@lupitajohnson1526]

God come soon and bring your justice! Have Mercy on Us!! This is a Sacrileg💔✝️🛐

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

What….🙈🙈🙈?? I’m not a religious person, and I’m a supporter of LGBTQ, but you don’t go in to someone else’s solemn house of worship & do that. Not cool.

[@kenofken9458]

You mean like Christians did for like 17 centuries with cultural genocide against everyone else's religion?

[@JewishJeff839]

Why, crybaby?

[@ddubos3708]

The fact it was held is AWFUL....PURE EVIL

[@cherylholub3100]

Why would you have a funeral for an Atheist?

[@Sarcasm1855]

To mock God...who will get the last laugh

[@justicemcpherson928]

Because.... Atheists want to grieve and pay their respects to people too? What is WRONG with your thought process on that statement there?

[@cherylholub3100]

I guess I based my question on an Atheist I know, who absolutely doesn't want a fueral. I am not having one and I am a Christian.

[@ElleBrOw]

@@justicemcpherson928Crematory

[@justicemcpherson928]

@@ElleBrOw That's separate from a funeral.

[@YehochananSoferMizrachi]

Shame on the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, for allowing these unholy and blasphemous acts to go on within their walls! I am not even Catholic, but it is common sense to AT LEAST show SOME BASIC respect for the solemness and sanctity of the space, instead of making EVERYTHING about you and your own agenda.

[@JewishJeff839]

"I'm not a Christard, but I'm a big fat Karen"...

[@JaneJones-lg3bd]

I have to say....I'm 70 and I've attended many funerals, and I've never seen anyone dancing. It simply is not the appropriate time or place for it! I won't list the other inappropriate acts, it goes without saying!

[@NT-jf5vn]

This is a scandal of hell proportions. What a spectacle made in Gods house

[@JewishJeff839]

Karen??

[@vasjapremerl7270]

And Francis is worried about TLM. Everibody is welcome in the Church exept Catholics aperently

[@JewishJeff839]

Spellcheck that...

[@rickallen8767]

If I saw this in a movie 10 years ago I would have said 'how unrealistic'. But this is 2024 Welcome to clown world 🥳

[@johnsjohnson448]

It is due to the cancelation of Daytime Television Talks Shows ("Mauri" finished last year), and the Circus. They have nowhere else to go.

[@RichiiRich]

watch little nicky with adam sandler. This same scene was in that movie 🤣🤣🤣

[@rickallen8767]

@@RichiiRich Oh shit you right I forgot about that movie 🤣

[@reneestevez7193]

Under Francis' Tenure, Catholicism has fallen so low 😢😢😢..........

[@frankgonzalezofficial3010]

You do realize who Jesus hung out with right? He wasn’t out there walking with the self righteous. He walked with thieves, prostitutes, lepers.

[@finallythere100]

Drankgobzolesoddifial - oh please stop your distortion of Jesus’ message. He met w then and told them to go and son no more. The place needs to be reconsecrated.

[@randyboisa6367]

I renounced my Catholic faith when Francis blessed same sex couples.

[@frankgonzalezofficial3010]

@@randyboisa6367 mmmm are you listening to yourself.

[@randyboisa6367]

@@frankgonzalezofficial3010 Yes, I am willing to bet the priest wears a dress behind closed doors, and whispers to the alter boys shhhhhhhhhhh!

[@kmrnnj1]

God will sort this out.

[@divingchicago]

The only fault is that they should have been honest with the Church. If the Church disagreed, they should have held it at another Church or rented a place/hall, etc

[@johnsjohnson448]

None of these people have money to pay for rent. Just ask their parents.

[@BLACK_MikeHammer]

Why would they even want a church funeral in the first place when practically most of them are atheist, demean organized religion and openly mock it in their daily lives... Seems like they just wanted to stick it to the church, like a last hurrah for the deceased giving a big middle finger on his way out...

[@JewishJeff839]

@@johnsjohnson448 "These people"? YOU, mommy lover?

[@johnsjohnson448]

No, my mommy died when I was young. Thanks for that. "These individuals." @@JewishJeff839

[@st.francisanddr.pepper1304]

These people are evil.

[@louisnealon6811]

Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone. Judge not lest ye be judged. Instead of publicly announcing your hatred for other people, why not pray for them? Is that not what Catholicism teaches?

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

T R A N S "W O M E N" A R E M E N.

[@johnsjohnson448]

Sorry, but as a man. I cannot menstruuuuuuate. I have tried though with no luck. Chromosomes = "Science." Ouch!

[@sebcw1204]

sex is not gender.

[@cheesepuff65]

@@johnsjohnson448yea, but nobody claims to change their chromosomes. as a trans woman, stop being so hateful, love.

[@Sneednfeedn]

​@@sebcw1204Shut up troll

[@mrg8581]

If it has a penis. It is a man.

[@childofmary7959]

And that priest that presided should be relieved of his position. He just sat there and watched this abomination happen. This is a CATHOLIC church.

[@jaimebaleno4057]

That’s what we were all saying when the priests were molesting kids

[@ShalomUSA]

Grotesque.

[@Getroit-bc9hr]

Yeah this is Straight sick..

[@danielkaiser8971]

I think it was far more civil than the Catholic clergy who have diddled with underage boys.

[@jenniferh189]

I am both gay and Christian. Just as we want people to respect our civil rights as gay people, so too must we show respect to others. The church was tricked into hosting the funeral of an atheist and the behavior of "mourners" was not appropriate for a church. Shameful.

[@annabanana2623]

Repent!

[@JewishJeff839]

Jennifer, who are YOU to decide who can have a funeral in a church? Are you acting like a "Christian" or trying to get to Hell faster? WHO wrote your big book of hatred? Not God...

[@hopefull61256]

Ypu are so much more than your fleeting sexual attractions. They do not define you.

[@jenniferh189]

you repent!@@annabanana2623

[@daerdfotuoerew4394]

⁠@@hopefull61256When did she say that’s her only trait? And how do you know it’s “fleeting”? Are you her?

[@michellejehanne]

This sacrilege calls for public reparation. St. Michael commander of the heavenly hosts come to our aid.

[@daerdfotuoerew4394]

Human trafficking is still going on, so I don’t imagine this is high on his priority list.

[@beanzor]

There are many gay and trans people of the catholic faith that are angry about what these trans activists are doing. The lgbt community is unhinged, we need more high profile gay people speaking out against this

[@wgcds7jyg897]

Why didn’t they hold the funeral in a mosque or temple?

[@kevinsamuelsghost685]

I mean they say that you should come as you are to the church but this is ridiculous theres always a time and place for everything I would never show up to a job interview with just jeans and a t-shirt you come to that church to pay your respects to someone that you love and all you did was show up and make fools out of yourselfs and btw this has nothing to do with being transphobic this has everything to do with being respectful!

[@brodyhagemeier9356]

Funerals are meant to remember the person's life, pray for his soul, and comfort those who mourn. They are not rallies or parties.

[@aunavoz1]

What a disrespect to our God.

[@danielkaiser8971]

You mean like the Catholic clergy who diddled with underage boys?

[@JewishJeff839]

Wait and tell Him that, and He will tell you what a failed Christard you were. Enjoy Hell!!! WHY is your cult so angry and hateful? WHO wrote your Bible of Hatred?

[@JewishJeff839]

How?

[@aunavoz1]

@@JewishJeff839 You can ask God that question. I'm sure he will answer you one day on your death bed.

[@williamgunderson7365]

@@JewishJeff839there you are again!!! Get out of here fool 😂

[@zzfreddy]

The actions of some participants are nothing short of discussed. This wasn't a funeral for Cecelia. It was a trans show. Shame on all those there.

[@live_free_or_die7260]

“I’m tired of you liberal church in America” - Mother Angelica.

[@sebcw1204]

i think that was not the best venue for that event. merely the fact of her atheism should have been enough for the church to be like "nope, we do this for believers" and that would totally be their right. the mourners have every right to conduct themselves in this way. but maybe they should have held it at a satanic temple, they are very welcoming.

[@JewishJeff839]

No one needs your "permission" in this life...

[@daerdfotuoerew4394]

@@JewishJeff839You do have to ask for permission. That’s how they arranged the funeral. You think they just showed up to the church with a casket out of nowhere? They just didn’t specify exactly who the person was.

[@Char00000]

Damn i was wondering why people in the west are fleeing from churches in droves, this comment section answered that question with the quickness.

[@tallbeanerboi6915]

Notice how as people left the chruch, they became more and more miserable. The house of God provided and continues to provide a strong message of hope. But people would rather bask in their sinful and destructive habits.

[@Char00000]

@@tallbeanerboi6915 No the generation with the most LGBT friends and people that identified as LGBT weren't huge fans of bigotry wrapped in a veneer of Christianity. Also my Grandmother stopped going to churches after the child ab*se scandal in the Catholic Church. And the only reason people are more miserable is late stage capitalism grinding us into the dirt. A strong message of hope is useless when your struggling to pay your bills.

[@lindawelch4798]

This is horrible and yet God will be the judge. Everyone stands before him

[@theresadelacruz5179]

This is where their quest has gone to far! As a person I respect their place to enjoy life and their choices but to exploit the trust and kindness of the church’s intent is totally abusive! This gives their mission to become acceptable in society a BAD name! I could not do that kind of performance in church as a straight person! WTH were they thinking?

[@mrich9654]

Outrageous

[@MichelleyB-zk3eh]

An atheist? In St. Patrick's cathedral? No.

[@danielkaiser8971]

Yeah, let's divert the attention completely away from the Catholic clergy who diddle with the underaged boys.

[@czarinajudan6643]

Isn't it ironic?

[@BLACK_MikeHammer]

The U.S is iin a steep moral, legal and economic decline and it's happening at lightening speed, people from the outside looking in or just non Americans in general who have lived in the U.S before and saw this nation as the standard of what a nation should be shake their heads daily at what they see coming out of the country... The beginning of the end some would say, it's crumbling brick by brick...

[@williamgroemminger6006]

Shame on the church for this happening.

[@JewishJeff839]

Why?

[@sjp4u338]

What was that priest doing there? He should have stopped this!!

[@teresazigmont134]

Sick

[@randyboisa6367]

I renounced my Catholic faith when Francis blessed same sex couples.

[@louisnealon6811]

I renounced mine when I learned that Catholic nuns in Ireland buried 800 infants who had died from neglect in their care in a septic tank and never informed anyone, warehoused and enslaved youg women and buried them too in unmarked graves and sold their babies to wealthy foreigners. Why are the impoverished still dying on hard slabs in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) without medication. Where did the millions go that Mother Teresa raised? Research the lifestyles of Cardinals. How can they show their faces amongst the poor and pretend to be men of God? It's all a sham and, dare I say, the greatest business model ever devised. The wealth is unimaginable. And let's not forget the global scandal of sexual abuse of children and the church's protection of the perpetrators. It's a vile organization and, as the comments here prove, it festers hatred. You haters out there, God loves us all and you are not special in his eyes because you hate LGBTQ people.

[@randyboisa6367]

@@louisnealon6811 I don't hate any alphabet people, all I'm saying is let's see the trans community try this sick BS at the dome of the rock, and try to mock the muslims.

[@ladymissna]

Don't renounce the faith. God gave you that faith. What better time to defend this faith?

[@louisnealon6811]

@@ladymissna You are very kind, Lady Missna. I have not renounced my faith. It is my faith in the Catholic Church.

[@badgurl5758]

Im not a Catholic so Im just asking a question? Doesnt the person getting a funeral mass have to have good standing with the church? Or are things done differently for such s huge parish? Thanks

[@Brendan_Johnson]

When you go to a church or a temple you are to have reverence.

[@AlCapwnd-tb5ow]

The comment section demonstrates that there's no hate quite like "Christian love"

[@toebeans3985]

Ha ha. Your attempt to shame is met with a 🖕.

[@robinp13946]

Exactly!! Judgmental hypocrites

[@louisnealon6811]

Bravo!

[@tallbeanerboi6915]

Love does not mean to step aside and let people tear themselves apart. Love is to call out and rectifying someone of their wicked ways so that they may be set on the path towards redemption and righteousness.

[@LemonDropYum]

I don't know why those funeral goers are so happy...considering he more than likely didn't go to heaven. People like to pretend hell, a place of horrible suffering, doesn't exist...but it is real.

[@doloresaguirre604]

Demons have been unleashed. Lord, help us.

[@michellehughes576]

Sad

[@thelaxlair6727]

Biblical prophecy coming true.

[@JewishJeff839]

THIS is in your Book of Hatred??

[@thelaxlair6727]

@@JewishJeff839 bruh what

[@dianesorokac2260]

Why didn't the priests in attendance stop the mass n walk out???

[@FUNDIR5]

They are not helping their cause. Acting this way in a house of God reenforces people's opinion of them as Godless, and perverted. After watching this clip, I tend to agree.

[@emmasophy]

Conducting the funeral in the cathedral was not bad , every deceased person require a good send of nomatter their life . What was wrong is the activities during the funeral which mocked the church . They should have restricted themselves to funeral service without displaying or praising the life of the deceasesd which did not follow churches teachings.

[@johnsjohnson448]

It was probably HIS (biological = Chromosomes = "Science" OUCH!) parents' choice to have HIS (Facts) furneral in Church. Catholics experience "Catholic Guilt." It is rooted in manipulation and co-depency. I speak from experience in having overcome it. LOL.

[@cybomakh210]

Conducting it I. The cathedral is where the Wrong begins.. Are there no town halls, other big enough places to hold that many ppl and have a 'service' there.. This is the House of God, why should ppl who do not follow the principles of the owner of the house feel they have a right to use jus his House yet disrespect, disregard the Man of the house and his Place.. The place is consecrated - set apart- for worship to a specific God, that is sacred and should not be treated so lowly.. God's angels are there too.. So NO, ITS A VERY BIG DEAL

[@annemarieosullivan8717]

It's not the house of God though, because they teach idolatry. False idols already in the church, statues, candles, dead Jesus on cross. Total contradiction of word of God. So this lot of Gays said this cecillia who was born male, they canonised a Saint, but priest declared during baptism she died with christ he said. This is just high profile, because was a trans activist & the church is famous.

[@JewishJeff839]

@@cybomakh210 YOU own St. Patrick's Cathedral?? As a nobody sinner, what are you going to do besides name-call?

[@Greg-cl7tl]

As usual, they made it about them needing attention and acted like fools, instead of having a pittance of respect.

[@cedricsmith1996]

His soul is most important but it over in this world

[@ShelbySmith-wl5gi]

The LORD is coming soon!!!❤

[@JewishJeff839]

When?

[@ShelbySmith-wl5gi]

@@JewishJeff839 I AM NOT GOD.

[@JewishJeff839]

@@ShelbySmith-wl5gi So why are you judging God's children?

[@ShelbySmith-wl5gi]

@@JewishJeff839 I said the Lord is coming!!! Who did I judge?? Really get a grip!

[@daerdfotuoerew4394]

@@ShelbySmith-wl5giYou’re pretending not to know the context of end times prophecy? Jesus won’t come back because people are well behaved.

[@Renee-kk1hf]

It’s just ridiculous

[@rexs4965]

There is no way the Rector had no idea of what was going on. He needs to be removed.

[@lamaree9808]

Archbishop is Responsible... Giving Permission to hold service for an atheist is the First step where Archbishop is Complicit and therefore is guilty

[@greenbyrdd8308]

This wouldn't have happened at a mosque, and especially during a holy season. Yet, they felt completely comfortable acting a fool in that beautiful sanctuary. Shame on them for disrespecting a sacred space.

[@JewishJeff839]

What mosque do YOU attend??

[@jamesmaranki526]

Mass of Reparation? I think it's a little too late. The damage is already done.

[@ronsadventures2007]

This is awful I am outraged as a catholic thatvsomthing like that could happen in st Patrick's cathedral

[@paulaarchuleta755]

Disgusting yeah I said it I’ll say it again disgusting

[@JewishJeff839]

Why, KKK?

[@robinsonnier6887]

The church knew this would happen. Shame on u

[@eddiecordova5793]

I agree...they knew very well what they hosted...it's just another slippery slope they are headed to with the "permission " of the "pope"..it's so disgusting

[@helentaylor4358]

I’m a Christian who tries not to judge others but this seems to have been planned to insult and disrespect the church, parishioners and their beliefs. Mourning wasn’t on program.