If my brother Tony Sirico aka 'Paulie Walnuts' could steal heaven, so can you
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Tony Sirico, who played 'Paulie Walnuts' in HBO's 'The Sopranos,' was laid to rest by his brother Rev. Robert Sirico in Brooklyn, New York.
Rev. Robert Sirico, author of The Economics of the Parables and of Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, is co-founder and president emeritus of the Acton Institute.
Besides, it is not the role of a priest in a funeral homily to eulogize the deceased. My role, which I take as seriously as Tony took his acting, is to communicate to you the love of God that comes to us in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ in the face of death. Death is not the final word in the Christian vocabulary—life is—eternal life, into which my brother has now passed.
Nor is it my role to canonize my brother. For that, I would have to refer you to a higher authority.