Catholic Church

By Jules Gomes, Church Militant - The 2016 decree Ad Resurgendum Cum Christo issued by the then-Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by the former prefect Cdl. Gerhard Müller prohibits "the conservation of the ashes of the departed in a domestic residence" except in "grave and exceptional cases dependent on cultural conditions of a localized nature."... "The ashes may not be divided among various family members," Müller notes. Moreover, when the deceased "notoriously" demanded cremation and scattering of their ashes for reasons contrary to the Christian faith, a Christian funeral must be denied to that person."

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - We must always recall these two warnings of Our Lord and Savior to the Pharisees: “Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners” (Mt 9:13). “And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless” (Mt 12:7-8). This is Jesus Christ quoting the Old Testament `prophet Hosea, who lived eight hundred years earlier: “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings” (Hos 6:6).

By John M. Grondelski, The Catholic Thing - But Hitler’s genocide did not start in Auschwitz. It began in the housepainter’s mental ravings over Übermenschen and Untermenschen in Landsberg Prison and was exported in his verbal ravings at the Nuremberg rallies. Would free-speech absolutists... have us believe Hitler only crossed the line when he crossed the Polish border?... Free speech unanchored to a moral substructure leads to a dead end. . .and dead people. That said, in one sense I agree with its proponents: one should be able to say what one thinks, however “vile.” I say that because I want to know what kind of barbarian I am dealing with.