https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/distinctly-catholic/bush-funeral-blended-symbols-church-and-state-seemed-non-communal
Neither Anglican funerals or weddings have Eucharist, nor do Catholic mixed marriages. As do their Eucharist, it is not that different than the Mass and has the same effect. Their senior bishop even carries a cross rather than a crook, like any other Catholic patriarch. The only thing I find off putting is the music, but I can say the same thing about many Masses.
As for the National Cathedral, I prefer it to the Bassilaca of the Immaculate Conception. The Jesus fresco behind the altar is too buff for my taste.
The Cathedral is high church so maybe they did not do it because it was a state occasion. Also their practice of open communion would have put the cardinal and the othodox patriarch in a touchy position as they would have been asked to concelebrate. Since at least one EP has said that the anglicans are a Church and not a western sect it could have been an incident.
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