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The Catholic way of burial
Mary Farrow, The Pillar
Friday, June 25, 2021
So, in the wake of the pandemic and 600,000 American deaths caused by it, has the Church amended its teaching about burial? No. But it is useful to recall that the Church has changed its views slightly since the 1960s in response to cremation, green burials, and other new thinking about end-of-life decisions.