Cremation and the Church
What is the Church’s modern view of cremating the dead, since in the past cremation was considered a pagan practice? Is cremation for the laity only?
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Church Church Teaching Death Question & Answer
Cremation: What’s Allowed, What Isn’t
The Vatican recently issued a document on cremation, outlining what is allowed and what should be avoided. Here are the
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Church Death Question & Answer
May We Scatter Ashes of Our Loved Ones?
We Catholics can so easily forget that we are a more tightly knit community than we think. The Church asks us to be particularly mindful of this when a loved one dies.
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Did Jesus Rise ‘Again’?
By Father Kenneth Doyle – Question: I am confused about a statement which is in both the Apostles’ Creed and the
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When Are Our Sins Forgiven?
Question: I cannot answer Catholics and others when they tell me they are forgiven for sin when they ask Jesus
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Baptism Perspectives Question & Answer Shackleton
Why We Baptise Infants
Many years ago when my first child was born, I was told by my parish priest that I would commit
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Church Church History Question & Answer
Will South Africa Get a New Cardinal?
Question: With Cardinal Wilfrid Napier’s retirement as archbishop of Durban, will his successor, Archbishop Siegfried Mandla Jwara, become a cardinal?
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Communion: Who May Come Up?
Question: At a funeral service, the celebrant stated that practising Catholics could receive Communion, but non-practising Catholics could not. He
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Why the title Mary, Queen of Angels?
Question: What is the biblical basis for our claim that Mary is Queen of Angels? Answer: The title Queen of
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