another Catholic question?

[rabbitearbandicoot]

is it true that if you are a Catholic, when you die you cannot be cremated? 

[freddie*rooster]

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

we went to Shrewsbury Abbey - amazing especially if you are a Cadfael fan.

we also went to an Abbey on Isle of Wight (sp) - that was especially amazing, as it was once a private house and my great-grandfather was employed as a coach driver there. The coach yards are all still intact as are the stables and the archway into the yard where all would have boarded or left the coach.

Anyway, I ramble!  

So, it's not a requirement by the Church?

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Noo it isn't in fact our local priests do services at the crematorium.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

it seems, from the links that I have read, that as long as the proper Catholic preliminaries are carried out, it's OK.

[lyne-flyn]

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@channys_mum wrote:

Mum was catholic, the service was in a catholic church and she was cremated.

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So were my brother, mother and father.

I have a friend who is a devout Irish catholic and they are going to be cremated.

I have been to many catholic funerals where the deceased has been cremated.

[lionofjudah60]

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@cmcoins2000 wrote:

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

it's just that a friend of my sisters has died - she left instructions that she (Catholic) wanted to be cremated, but the children who are Catholic are trying to stop it.

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Her Will - will stand - given she didn't.

Bit like being celibate - some were - some weren't.

These days it is a choice - in a lot of cases it may be less expensive to cremate than bury.

Probably depends on how Catholic you are.

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That is not true.The law on it is clear.When a person dies it is in the hands of the executor.

[lionofjudah60]

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@cmcoins2000 wrote:

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

it's just that a friend of my sisters has died - she left instructions that she (Catholic) wanted to be cremated, but the children who are Catholic are trying to stop it.

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Her Will - will stand - given she didn't.

Bit like being celibate - some were - some weren't.

These days it is a choice - in a lot of cases it may be less expensive to cremate than bury.

Probably depends on how Catholic you are.

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http://www.legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au/guides/wills_estates/when_someone_dies.html

When the deceased has appointed an executor in their will, it is the executor’s responsibility to organise the funeral. The executor has a right to the possession and custody of the body until it is buried or cremated and is not bound by specific directions left in the will.

You will find it the same in other states.

[imastawka]

Dunno about anybody else, but, in my experience the will has been

read after the funeral.  So, bit of bad luck there then

[mainecoon1]

Rabbit my Mum is a devout  Catholic and she is going to be cremated after she has passed she has already bought her funeral, after they cremation they will opening a corner of my dads grave and she will be interned with him.  My brother was also cremated and interned in a full size plot his head stone is behind my Dads my sister and I have decided that when our time comes we will be cremated and interned with my brother that way the family will all be together Parents in one grave, siblings in the other.

[azureline**]

It has been allowed by the Catholic Church for more than 50 years.

[cherry*135]

A persons wishes on whether they want to be buried or cremated are just that ... wishes. After they have died the family can disregard their wishes ( not something I would do, but it does happen and  causes ructions in families).

[cmcoins2000]

I would like to see you go against my wishes.

As set in my written Will.

Religion or no Religion.