On 2016-11-04 12:38 AM, Allen Prunty wrote:   
   > Vatican   
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   > 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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