Liquefied Bodies? Archbishop of Dubuque Encourages Strange Alternative Burial Methods
“The Church earnestly recommends the pious custom of burying the bodies of the dead be observed...” (Canon 1176)
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We Are Dust, and to Dust (Not Ashes) We Shall Return
If burying the dead is a corporal work of mercy, where does that leave cremation?
Calling a Spade a Spade: ‘Recomposing’ Human Remains Promotes Sacrilege
COMMENTARY: Because his body is the body of a person — a human person redeemed by Christ, who ‘became flesh and lived among us’ — that body is sacred, a temple of the Holy Spirit, a sacramental.
