The Roman Catholic Church prohibits divorcees who remarry from taking communion, but Mr Berlusconi was accorded the privilege at the funeral of a well-known Italian television celebrity in Milan.
It has set off a heated debate between Catholic figures across Italy, with a priest in Genoa calling it a scandal.
“Berlusconi has committed sacrilege in the light of the fact that he is divorced and is in the process of getting divorced again,” Father Paolo Farinella said
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