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Archdiocese of Chicago begins offering ‘eco-friendly’ burial options

The Archdiocese of Chicago will now offer Catholics ‘eco-friendly’ burials, interring bodies in biodegradable containers they argue respects both the environment and Catholic teaching, in response to ‘growing environmental’ concerns.

News

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Sep 2, 2024Sep 3, 2024

NYC plans to stop treating bodies of late-term aborted babies as ‘human remains’

The New York City Department of Health has decided to remove the requirement that babies aborted at or after 24 weeks must be sent to funeral homes for burial or cremation, allowing abortion facilities to handle the bodies as they wish.

Analysis

Nancy Flanders

• Jul 23, 2024Jul 23, 2024

Rhode Island House passes ‘human composting’ bill despite numerous objections

‘You can't shake the nagging image, the feeling, the part and parcel of continuation of disrespect for life, the continuation of the culture of death and callousness, we see permeating through the country,’ a House Delegate said about legalizing human composting.

News

Doug Mainwaring

• Jun 20, 2024Jun 21, 2024

Catholics must avoid spreading cremated ashes and ‘human composting’: Here’s why

Humans should not be treated like coffee grounds.

Blogs

Matt Lamb

• Apr 10, 2024Apr 11, 2024

US bishops condemn desecration of the human body through ‘composting,’ water cremation

The bishops said human 'composting' and alkaline hydrolysis (also known as water cremation'), which cause deceased human bodies to be 'completely disintegrated' and disposed of in fields or sewers, are incompatible with Church teaching regarding man's 'inherent dignity and worth.'

News

Ashley Sadler

• Mar 24, 2023Mar 29, 2023

French brotherhood continues to bury coronavirus victims with dignity during lockdown

For 800 years, the group has maintained its commitment to accompany the dead to their final resting place.

News

Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Mar 30, 2020Jun 18, 2021

LA Times story suggests burying aborted babies an undue burden for women

The newspaper recently published a piece calling laws to bury aborted children 'the latest battlefront in the abortion wars.'

News

Fr. Mark Hodges

• Feb 10, 2017Jun 18, 2021

Abortion provider to court: Texas rules for proper burial of unborn are ‘morally offensive’

A U.S. District judge is expected to rule this week on proposed Texas laws requiring aborted babies to be buried or cremated.

News

Lisa Bourne

• Jan 4, 2017Jun 18, 2021

Judge bows to pressure, stops Texas from implementing rules requiring proper burial for aborted babies

U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks issued a temporary restraining order to a pro-abortion group before the fetal remains rules went into effect this week.

News

Lisa Bourne

• Dec 20, 2016Jun 18, 2021

Vatican: Scattering ashes of deceased relatives remains illicit

A new manual addresses modern secular trends in burying the dead.

News

Jan Bentz

• Oct 26, 2016Jun 18, 2021

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Archdiocese of Chicago begins offering ‘eco-friendly’ burial options

NYC plans to stop treating bodies of late-term aborted babies as ‘human remains’

Rhode Island House passes ‘human composting’ bill despite numerous objections

Catholics must avoid spreading cremated ashes and ‘human composting’: Here’s why

US bishops condemn desecration of the human body through ‘composting,’ water cremation

French brotherhood continues to bury coronavirus victims with dignity during lockdown

LA Times story suggests burying aborted babies an undue burden for women

Abortion provider to court: Texas rules for proper burial of unborn are ‘morally offensive’

Judge bows to pressure, stops Texas from implementing rules requiring proper burial for aborted babies

Vatican: Scattering ashes of deceased relatives remains illicit