Coffins stand near cremation ovens at a crematorium in Baden-Württemberg, Germany in 2022. Credit - Uli Deck—DPA/picture alliance/Getty Images Catholic families may now request to preserve a small ...
The early Christians abhorred cremation as a pagan practice, and ever since, the Roman Catholic Church has held that the body is not for burning. When cremation was legalized in northern Europe during ...
Catholic families may now request to preserve a small portion of their late relative’s cremated remains in a “place of significance” to them instead of a church or a cemetery, the Vatican said on ...