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From: Jana (cpe0011d888dc2d-cm000a7365c8b4.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com)
Subject: He's a bit behind on the times
Date: July 22, 2005 at 2:14 pm PST

In Reply to: question (also posted on "the pub") posted by rawknfrank on July 17, 2005 at 3:11 pm:

Straight from the Catechism: "The Church permits cremation, provided that it does not demonstrate a denial of faith in the resurrection of the body."

It used to be that cremation was very much frowned upon because it was seen as the destruction of a body we believe will rise again. That attitude still persists with some Catholics but it is a perfectly acceptable thing, so long as the person is not doing it as some kind of statement against the resurrection of the body.

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