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I was raised Catholic. Is cremation and burial at sea allowed by Cannon Law?

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I was raised Catholic. Is cremation and burial at sea allowed by Cannon Law?

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Yes, indeed. Since 1963, the Vatican has permitted cremation for Catholics. In 1989 revision of the Code of Canon Law provides for cremation. Currently, many parishes have been accepting celebration the funeral liturgy in the presence of cremated remains, as follows: vigil, Funeral Mass with cremated remains, committal rite. “The cremated remains of a Catholic may be properly buried at sea in an urn…in which they have been carried to the place of committal.