Elena Curti - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:50:28 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Elena Curti - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Richard III deserves a Catholic burial https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/08/richard-iii-deserves-a-catholic-burial/ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:30:25 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=38808 Not so fast, Leicester Cathedral — Richard III was a Catholic, and his last resting place should be in a Catholic church. So argues Elena Curti, deputy editor of the London Tablet, following the news that archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the king's missing remains under a car par in Leicester. "The 'appropriate' rites Read more

Richard III deserves a Catholic burial... Read more]]> Not so fast, Leicester Cathedral — Richard III was a Catholic, and his last resting place should be in a Catholic church.

So argues Elena Curti, deputy editor of the London Tablet, following the news that archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the king's missing remains under a car par in Leicester.

"The 'appropriate' rites would surely be a Catholic funeral with a full Requiem Mass, and only a Catholic church will do for Richard's tomb," she writes.

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