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 Ç 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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