Simple and Solemn, Inside Scalia’s Funeral

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The conservative firebrand wanted no eulogies, so things were kept traditional at the funeral mass led by his son, Father Paul Scalia.

Published Feb. 20 2016 4:26PM EST

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The late Justice Scalia was not fond of eulogies, which he scorned as praising the departed “when we should be giving thanks for God’s inexplicable mercy for a sinner.”

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Simple and Solemn, Inside Scalia’s Funeral

The conservative firebrand wanted no eulogies, so things were kept traditional at the funeral mass led by his son, Father Paul Scalia.

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Eleanor Clift