On Tuesday, the Vatican published guidelines for Catholics who want to be cremated, requiring their remains not be scattered, divided up amongst relatives, or kept at home. Any remains must be stored in a sacred, church-approved place in order to remember the dead properly and prevent the appearance of “pantheism, naturalism or nihilism.” The guidelines, however, state that burial remains the preferred method due to resurrection beliefs.
See Vatican: No More Scattering of Cremation Ashes, Yahoo!, October 25, 2016.
Special thanks to Logan Fuzetti (Attorney, The Woodlands, Texas) for bringing this article to my attention.
