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Watch: Church funeral with swastika-draped coffin and fascist salute

Around two dozen people gathered outside the church as the swastika-draped coffin emerged, with their right arm extended in the fascist salute.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2022-01-11 15:37
in News, World News
A picture made available by the Italian online news portal Open. Credit;PA

A picture made available by the Italian online news portal Open. Credit;PA

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The Catholic Church in Rome has strongly condemned an “offensive and unacceptable” funeral procession outside a local church during which the coffin was draped in a Nazi flag and mourners gave the fascist salute.

Photos and video of the scene outside St Lucia church following the Monday funeral service were published by Italian online news portal Open. They showed around two dozen people gathered outside the church as the swastika-draped coffin emerged, shouting “Presente!” with their right arm extended in the fascist salute.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Vicariate of Rome strongly condemned the scene and stressed that neither the parish priest nor the priest who celebrated the funeral knew what was going to happen outside after the funeral Mass ended.

It called the swastika-emblazoned Nazi flag “a horrendous symbol irreconcilable with Christianity”.

Offensive

“This ideological and violent exploitation, especially following an act of worship near a sacred place, remains serious, offensive and unacceptable for the church community of Rome and for all people of good will in our city,” it said.

The statement quoted the parish priest, the Rev Alessandro Zenobbi, as distancing himself and the church from “every word, gesture and symbol used outside the church, which are attributed to extremist ideologies far from the message of the Gospel of Christ”.

Italian news reports identified the deceased as a 44-year-old former militant of the extreme right-wing group Forza Nuova, who died over the weekend of a blood clot.

Pope Francis is technically the bishop of Rome, but he delegates the day-to-day management of the diocese to his vicar, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis.

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The state of hate in Europe 2022…
Nazi scum yesterday apparently felt so emboldened by current political climate they held a public funeral with swastika-draped coffin and Fascist salutes outside Santa Lucia church 1½km (1 mile) from the Vatican in Rome.https://t.co/OGNf06gt5I pic.twitter.com/QmUyn2lXt6

— b9AcE 🐊 (moved → https://todon.eu/@b9AcE) (@b9AcE) January 11, 2022

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