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The religious freedom law firm American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) announced on its website Friday the office’s intent to preserve the remains in response to demands sent to the office.
Remains must be in a sacred place, explains Dominican Father Thomas Petri.
The cardinal also said that it is permissible for the commingled ashes of deceased and baptized persons to be set aside in a permanent sacred place if the names of the person are indicated so as to not lose memory of them.
A Catholic woman who sued the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office claiming her son was cremated in violation of her religious beliefs will likely soon receive a settlement of nearly half a million dollars.
There is a palpable difference between an entombed human body, ashes left over from cremation and effluent remaining from alkaline hydrolysis.
“The Church earnestly recommends the pious custom of burying the bodies of the dead be observed...” (Canon 1176)
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: Does the respect for human bodies, which is not only a Christian duty but a universal one, require us to refrain from examining and displaying human remains?
If burying the dead is a corporal work of mercy, where does that leave cremation?
With the death toll from the virus continuing to climb, Church leaders have authorized cremations even though the burial practice is viewed locally as a Hindu custom, not a Christian one.
Faux Lego Crematorium Raises Issue of How to Prepare Children for a Funeral
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