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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