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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

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4. My maternal Grandpa wasn't Catholic

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 6, 2017, 07:01 PM

Jul 2017

They allowed him to be buried in one of the local Catholic cemeteries back in 1980. I think if the church had insisted that he not be buried there he and Grandma would have bought their plots at the nearby non-sectarian cemetery.

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Changing times from days when Catholics, Protestants needed separate cemeteries [View all] rug May 2017 OP

Catholic Heaven vs Protestant Heaven nycbos May 2017 #1

I knew it! rug May 2017 #2

Problem with separate cemeteries is mixed-faith marriages led to separation in death No Vested Interest May 2017 #3

My maternal Grandpa wasn't Catholic 47of74 Jul 2017 #4

Cascade has something similar 47of74 Jul 2017 #5

Interesting. Hard to visualize a cemetery as an antique shop. No Vested Interest Jul 2017 #6

The church is an antique shop 47of74 Jul 2017 #7

Ah! That I can visualize. Churches have many alternative uses. No Vested Interest Jul 2017 #8

The St. Mary's in Dubuque was turned into a community center 47of74 Jul 2017 #9