For years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints frowned upon cremation, insisting that burial was theologically ...

Cremation continues to grow in popularity as America becomes increasingly secular. These changing demographics are impacting the traditional role of the funeral for Christians, as a rite of ...

The church says the goal is to keep the ashes together at a location where the departed won't be "excluded" from prayers and remembrances of other Christians. Cremation gained bonafides from the ...

But the meaning of cremation, the symbolic power of yielding human remains to fire, has generated controversy at least since the beginning of the Christian era. Early Christian funeral practices, both ...

Nevertheless, cremation is not prohibited, 'unless it was chosen for reasons contrary to Christian doctrine.' " Reasons contrary to Christian doctrine, the church says, include "a denial of ...

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: Does the Bible forbid cremation? That has been a controversial topic in our family recently, because an aunt of mine died not long ago and directed that her body be cremated.

The use of cremation has long varied around the world because of religious preferences and other considerations. Many in the early Christian church saw cremation as a pagan practice, and after the ...

The dicastery had issued an instruction in 1963 permitting cremation as long as it was not done as a sign of denial of the basic Christian belief in the resurrection of the dead. The permission ...

Inside the ongoing struggle of Kathmandu Valley evangelicals to secure a cemetery and avoid cremation. Death in a Christian home in the Kathmandu Valley brings more than just sorrow. It commences ...

Cremation was first permitted in 1963, and allowed as long as it was not done for reasons at odds with Christian doctrine. The statement on Tuesday was signed by the Vatican’s doctrinal chief ...