On 2016-11-04 12:38 AM, Allen Prunty wrote:
> Vatican
> City, Oct 25, 2016 / 09:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Congregation for the
> Doctrine of the Faith released an instruction Tuesday regarding burial and
> cremation, reiterating the Church's teaching that cremation, while
> strongly discouraged, can be permissible under certain restrictions � and
> that scattering the ashes is forbidden.
> Ad resurgendum cum Christo, or "To rise with Christ", published Oct. 25,
> states that while cremation "is not prohibited" the Church "continues to
> prefer the practice of burying the bodies of the deceased, because this
> shows a greater esteem towards the deceased."
> The document explains that after "legitimate motives" for cremation have
> been ascertained, the "ashes of the faithful must be laid to rest in a
> sacred place," such as in a cemetery or church. It goes on to state that
> is not permitted to keep the ashes in a home or to scatter them "in the
> air, on land, at sea or in some other way, nor may they be preserved in
> mementos, pieces of jewelry or other objects."
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I'd like to be cremated.
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