Reverent Treatment of Human Remains
“[The Church] cannot, therefore, condone attitudes or permit rites that involve erroneous ideas about death, such as considering death as the definitive annihilation of the person, or the moment of fusion with Mother Nature or the universe, or as a stage in the cycle of regeneration, or as the definitive liberation from the “prison” of the body.”
General Information
- Instruction Regarding the Burial of the Deceased and the Conservation of the Ashes in the Case of Cremation (Ad resurgendum cum Christo)
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, Respect for the Dead; paragraphs 2300-2301
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, The Celebration of Funerals; paragraphs 1684-1690
- Catholic Burial Traditions
- On Proper Disposition – USCCB
Comments on Specific Treatment of Human Remains
- “Cremains and Respect for the Human Body” – Making Sense of Bioethics by Fr. Tad Pacholczyk
- Alkaline Hydrolysis – “Dissolving the Dead” Alkaline Hydrolysis – Dissolving the Dead” – Making Sense of Bioethics by Fr. Tad Pacholczyk
- NYSCC Statement on Human Composting
- Human Composting: The Ultimate Denial of the Soul – Crisis Magazine
- Why the Catholic Church opposes California’s “human composting” – Catholic World Report
Catholic Cemeteries Resources
- Coming soon!
Miscarriage Loss
Assisted Suicide
Advance Directives (DNR, Living Wills, MOLST Forms, etc.)
Coming soon!
Church ``Magisterial`` Documents
Coming soon!
