Catholic Diocese Issues Warning About “Irregular” Funeral Practices
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Catholic Diocese Issues Warning About “Irregular” Funeral Practices
Since lifting its centuries-old ban on cremation in 1963, the Catholic Church has slowly and, perhaps, reluctantly loosened its restrictions on other secular funeral practices, most of which dealt with the handling and disposition of cremains. But that’s not the only funeral trend that’s frustrating the faith, and at least one Catholic bishop has taken to YouTube to reiterate and reinforce the rules. On July 1, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, the n…
The priest Roberto Bobadilla, parish priest of Jesus Merciful, provided concepts on the most prominent of cremation and cinemateries in the Catholic Church, through a document he shared with FIRST EDITION. Theological framework. It is based on the resurrection of the dead and the communion of the saints. The Catholic Church allows cremation and advises that ashes rest in sacred places (cemeteries or parish cinemataries), refusing to spread them,…
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