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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