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Can Catholics Scatter Ashes, What can you do with the cremains? For Faith In All Things Can Catholics reconcile scattering ashes and the resurrection? by Francis X. Scattering ashes, particularly in multiple locations or in a way that doesn’t adhere to the solemnity of a burial, can be interpreted as lacking in the What is a human being? What happens when we die? Why do we visit cemeteries? And why do Catholics bury the dead instead of scattering their ashes? Today, Fr. ” Preserving ashes in objects: Families may not place ashes in jewelry, mementos, or other items. That's one of the reasons why as Catholics Christians we do not ever ever ever scatter. Is it a sin for Catholics to scatter ashes? Here are the top cremation myths and what the Catholic church has to say about them. My mother, a Roman Catholic in good standing, passed recently and wished to be cremated and her ashes poured out at sea. Understanding the Church’s Teaching on Cremation. The Cremation: Ashes to Ashes A brief explanation of the Catholic Church's attitude toward and current rules concerning cremation. In a “note” from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican has upheld a rule mandating that the ashes of the deceased be But the Catholic Church discourages scattering because it makes the remains no longer identifiable as resting in one place, and it The Vatican has issued new guidelines recommending that the cremated remains of Catholics be buried in cemeteries, rather than scattered or kept at home. Grandma on the mantle? “Okay, maybe we The primary reason why Catholics can’t spread their ashes is that doing so treats the remains as disposable rather than honoring them in a dignified manner, as the Church believes is Catholics are forbidden from keeping the ashes of cremated loved ones at home, scattering them, dividing them between family members or turning them into mementoes, the Vatican has ruled.