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The Vatican Softens Its Rules for Catholics on Keeping Ashes of the Dead
Time via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCatholic families may now request to preserve a small portion of their late relative’s cremated...
How to become human compost (and other ways to be environmentally-friendly, post-mortem)
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChanging values and advances in technology have led to a burgeoning “green” death industry from...
Where can you scatter a loved one’s ashes in Illinois? Here’s what the law says
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAs families become more transient and individuals become more aware of the negative impacts their...
Turning bodies into soil
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA shrouded mannequin covered with flowers rests near a composting vessel. Mat Hayward/Getty Images for Recompose As cemeteries run short on space, some...
Upper Saddle River residents protest Jewish development on NY border
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUPPER SADDLE RIVER — A two-year dispute over building violations at several Jewish facilities under...
Could human composting come to Rhode Island? Here's what a new bill would allow.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPROVIDENCE − When you die, do you want to be pumped full of formaldehyde, placed into a beautiful casket and entombed in a concrete vault in the ground? Turned into ashes in a crematorium? Buried ...
Woman killed in Las Vegas murder-suicide was 'accidentally' cremated, lawsuit claims
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA Las Vegas funeral home “accidentally” cremated the remains of a woman meant to be prepared for a funeral and burial, her family alleged in a lawsuit filed this week. The family of Loren Chavez ...
Why having human remains land on the Moon poses difficult questions for members of several religions
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTwo scholars who study death rituals explain that the corpse is considered spiritually polluting in...
When death comes: New York part of a growing movement to say greener goodbyes
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 22—When death comes, more people are going green. Environmental advocates, funeral directors, cemetery administrators and religious leaders agree that people are longing for a deeper connection ...
Human composting raised in Illinois legislative debate: ‘People should become part of the earth’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDaniel Hennessy’s mother didn’t want to be buried when she died, because she didn’t want her body to take up any land. He wasn’t a fan of cremation, but given his mother’s request, he felt that ...