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May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
Crocodile tears?
He was a Protestant pastor, i.e., not one of the faithful. Faithful - no; departed - yes.You can pray for the repose of his soul in the event that, for example, he perhaps converted while the croc attacked him.But as a Protestant, he has no chance of salvation, and we're forbidden from praying for that.
Ridiculous
Which part is ridiculous, the Church dogma that non-Catholics cannot be saved?
The dogma is to be understood the way the Church understands it. We've done this twice before. You have no clue where that man ended up. Don't make judgments you're not qualified to make. God is our judge, not random laymen
But Neil also said to pray for his soul in the event that he converted before death.
Correct. Neil made allowance for that, just saying that we cannot pray for a Protestant AS Protestant, but only in so far as he may have become Catholic before he died. That's why I asked which part of what Neil wrote was "ridiculous". If he's saying that a Prot as Prot can be saved, then he's a heretic. Nor is this about judging any particular soul; only God knows what transpired between Him and the soul before he finally passed away. It's about upholding basic Catholic teaching rather than constantly undermining it and calling it "ridiculous".