Is the Catholic church allowing cremation?
914192
My mom was a Catholic. When she died she was cremated and we had her ashes installed in one of the crypts of a Catholic Chruch. I was one of the designers for memorials parks in the 70's but lately I made an anti-thesis to that claiming that big areas of land in the metropolis should belong to the living and not to the dead and I supported my works with designs of high rise building for cremated deads complete with whatever amenities needed in memorial chapels and crematorium. I believe Catholic acceptance of cremation. started officially in the late seventies.
564634
there's dozens of anonymous deaths in colombia that after the autopsies are dispatched (at the will of the pathologist) to whichever university needs them. the law protects this (as it does the donation of organs from unclaimed corpses) here.\n\nUnlike other places we're strongly catholic so nobody will donate themselves to science. we do get plenty more than most anywhere else in the world...i guess it's an unfortunately lucky balance.
678539
I want to be cremated and made into an artificial coral reef.  It's giving something back and seems lovely to me.\nThe body has no purpose after death so it's a waste of space and resources to be buried.  I've instructed my family and friends to contact these folks: http://www.eternalreefs.com/
1024706
I went to a funeral service for a man who was cremated once.  They had the urn on a table with a nice photograph of him with it.  It was a lot like a regular funeral.
244942
It actually depends on their diocese.  I know the bishop in ours offered a special dispensation that allows Catholics to eat corned beef on St. Patrick's Day.  Our Irish and Catholic population is pretty large, so it was a big deal.  I'm not Catholic and I don't really get it, but there you go.
737381
Yes, most definitely they can.  Ask any Catholic priest.
1116689
According to Catholic doctrine they shouldn't be. Which hospitals are you aware of doing this?\n\nThis article shows Catholic doctrine: http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2005/0507sbs.asp
736057
The next of kin usually has to pay...........I would talk to a mortuary (funeral home) and talk to them about payment plans, and inexpensive means of burial or cremation. As for a ceremony, there is nothing in the rule books that say you can't have it at home. I would ask the funeral director first and find out for sure....good luck
1125119
I agree. Just like if you want to know about baking a cake, don't ask your local plumber, as a baker of a bakery that makes cakes. But don't just ask someone in the church that may not have a perfect understanding of their religion, not everyone thats catholic are scholar on Catholism. Ask someone who are in authority. Like a bishop or a missionary, or whoever else who should know alot.
747449
No it is not illegal to send cremated remains, or ashes if you prefer, through the mail.  The reason for this is that cremation is legally considered to be a type of final disposition.  This is why someone can have the ashes of a family member kept on their mantel and is not required to have a cemetery permit for their living room.  \n\nAs others have suggested I would recommend sending them registered mail and add some insurance onto the shipping bill as well.  It doesn't cost much and it provides the sender some piece of mind.  You can also choose Fed Ex or UPS if you wish as they also can help you.  The nutshell answer to your question is that it is NOT illegal.
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It's statistically improbable that a country could operate on such terms. I think perhaps what your friend meant is there are societies in the world where when someone dies, a new couple copulate and prepare to bring a new being to life. This is a spiritual practice as much as a population control mechansim, as they believe that the spirit of the person who died is reborn into the new addition to the society. Such practices are common in tribes and colonies that choose to maintain the prehistoric way of life, such as those living in the amazon, the congo and the himalayas.
514303
After cremation, your ashes can be made into diamonds for jewelry, etc.\n\nhttp://www.lifegem.com/
496897
Generally a wake is the visitation where people come to pay their respects to the person who died and go through a line to (sometimes) view the body and to talk with the family.  The funeral is the service that honors and remembers the person that died and is like the final resting point for that person.  As far as it being offensive to attended the wake and not the funeral, it depends on how close you are to the family and/or the person that passed away.  I wouldn't consider it rude to go to one and not the other.  And you have to remember, the family of the person who died aren't really going to be thinking about who came to what- their minds are so far away from the "real" world.  And for cultural and spriitual significances for Catholic, I don't know.
928526
A Catholic deacon can.\n\nI cannot speak for other denominations.\n\nWith love in Christ.
118465
This procedure is definitly legal in Tennessee.My opinion there's nothing wrong with this being someone's request.And appx.6,000 dollars cheaper,and that's alot of money to be buried, once buried it will totally rot away.If this is what you want I say go for it.JESUS was buried that way.Are we any better?
631327
I have found that some sects in Christianity have no problem with this type of ceremony.  I know that as my husband and I got married (he's catholic and I was raised jewish) that the Catholic Church would have no problem with us getting married and would request a neutral location and that clergy from both religions be allowed to preside. I think the 2 faiths are used to crossing over in some cases.
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Very good question.\n\nNo, it's not a sin.\n\nAgreeing to be an organ donor -- either while you're still alive, or after your death -- is seen as a great act of charity by the Catholic Church.\n\nThe only possible way it would be a sin, is if a person allowed him/herself to be killed in order to donate organs to others.  But that's one of those "far fetched" things.