[miss marmelstein]

It wasn't always the case that the Church wouldn't “judge.” When I was a kid, a suicide was denied burial in a Catholic cemetery. F. Scott Fitzgerald was not allowed to be buried in a Catholic cemetery in 1940 (or ‘41) because his books were proscribed. They used to be extremely tough and judgemental.

[SuziQ]

True that, but I believe MOST Christian Churches approached it in the same fashion. Now that we’ve learned more about what drives people to suicide, Churches, including the Catholic Church, have moved more toward trusting that God knows more than we about what’s in peoples’ hearts when they’re taken over by desperation.