cremation
Most Americans today are choosing cremation – here’s why burials are becoming less common
By David Sloane — August 11, 2022
(The Conversation) — As late as 1970, only about 5% of Americans chose to be cremated. In 2020, more than 56% Americans opted for it.
California again seeks to pass human composting bill as Catholic bishops oppose it
By Alejandra Molina — June 16, 2022
(RNS) — Burial, cremation and alkaline hydrolysis are the only death care choices currently available in California.
Months into COVID-19, funeral directors and clergy continue to innovate death care
By Alejandra Molina — July 10, 2020
(RNS) — Spurred by lockdowns, funeral homes, green burial conservations and houses of faith are innovating to adjust to a new normal of death care.
Cremation plan for late Kenyan politician stirs debate on faith and culture
By Lauren Markoe — April 24, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Many in this mostly Christian nation view the practice as contrary to their faith and African culture.
This is no way to treat the dead
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 1, 2017
There's a new way of disposing of human bodies. You don't want to know.....
Why I’ll forgo the big-time funeral and donate my remains to science
By Jeffrey Weiss — April 4, 2017
(RNS) My decision is a bit in keeping with Jewish traditional teachings about what to do with bodies. And some not in such keeping. Which, given my basic attitude as a Jewish agnostic, probably is consistent.
Saints displaced and replaced
By Martin E. Marty — November 7, 2016
If one cannot handle the dust of the grave, there is comfort to be had, it is reasoned, in the designer urns to be mounted on the mantel at home.
Vatican to Catholics: Cremation can be OK, but don’t scatter ashes!
By Josephine McKenna — October 25, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) New guidelines also forbid loved ones from dividing up the 'cremains' or keeping them in jewelry or on the mantelpiece.
How secular Americans are reshaping funeral rituals
By Simon Davis — December 17, 2015
(RNS) This may be the year that cremation surpasses burial for the first time in the United States, as a long-standing trend continues.
Buddhist monks’ cremation ceremonies break the bank in impoverished Myanmar
By Myint Naing — March 2, 2015
MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar (RNS) Even though these elaborate cremation ceremonies are financed through voluntary donations rather than taxes, some residents are concerned that the money is spent inefficiently.
The ‘Splainer: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and religious burial customs
By Kimberly Winston — July 22, 2014
(RNS) For many of the families of the 298 victims aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the release of the bodies has come too late to complete the burial customs of their various religions.
Cremation is popular. But is it green?
By Lauren Markoe — January 23, 2014
(RNS) Cremation is forbidden by some religions and required by others. But does it help the environment?
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