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    From Allen Prunty@1:2320/100 to All on Thu Nov 3 22:38:24 2016
    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 u 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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  • From Tristan B. Kildaire@1:2320/100 to Allen Prunty on Fri Nov 18 10:12:44 2016
    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 N++ 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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