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Blue Bloods: Another Look (2019)
Incorrect reference
I have written to CBS twice regarding this episode of Blue Bloods and its incorrect portrayal of the Catholic Church and its stance on suicide. The inference is made that a person cannot receive the Rite of Christian Burial after completing suicide. This is not the current teaching of the Church and has not been since at least 2005. That is the year that my husband completed suicide and was given the final blessing of the Catholic Church upon his receipt of the Rite of Christian Burial following his funeral Mass. At the time of my husband's death, our parish priest assured me that the Church had changed its position, recognizing that mental health crisis certainly color an individual's decision to complete suicide. I would love to see CBS and others with the platform to do so, aid in sending this message.