That was one of the reasons I went to the funeral for a woman I never met , whose daughter until recently I counted more as an acquaintance than a friend . I knew that while her immediate family is large that her extended family is scattered all over and not necessarily in a financial position to hop on a plane , so I went to pad the count . It was a nice funeral . The priest who did the service has a good presence and did a fine job of blending a traditional Catholic funeral mass with a modern sensibility .

What religion does the narrator seem to be ?
They are Christian .