(ANSA) - Vatican City, October 25 - The Catholic Church said in a new document released on Tuesday that it did not consider cremation to be sinful, but added that the deceased person's ashes should be not scattered in nature. The new document on the burial of the deceased and the preservation of ashes was prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and approved by Pope Francis.
Cremation not banned, but don't scatter ashes in nature - Vatican
Holy See presents document on burial of deceased