Aquamation (alkaline hydrolysis) as alternative to burial or cremation; NY Catholic Conference and Catholic Church's current position?
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Aquamation (alkaline hydrolysis) as alternative to burial or cremation; NY Catholic Conference and Catholic Church's current position?
When the alkaline hydrolysis was proposed in New York state in 2012, the New York State Catholic Conference condemned the practice, stating that hydrolysis does not show sufficient respect for the teaching of the intrinsic dignity of the human body.
- The process reduces the human body to its simple chemical components.
- Aquamation in New South Wales is the only company to currently to provide alkaline hydrolysis in Australia, with the remains being used as fertilizer on plantation forests, due to difficulty with obtaining permits from Sydney Water.
The danger of not having proper safeguards in place, could lead to states to show a lack of proper respect for the sacredness of the human body. This is why the New York Bishops took the stance they did. The law must protect the dignity of the human body after death.
If the legal definition of cremation changes, the conference noted, individuals who request to be cremated after death, in the traditional sense - could inadvertently have their bodies dissolved into a waste product, due to a misunderstanding of their expressed wishes.
The conference warned that the bill “contains no safeguards to prevent this from happening.”
According to Catholic Law, human remains must be buried, even if cremated.
When, for legitimate motives, cremation of the body has been chosen, the ashes of the faithful must be laid to rest in a sacred place, that is, in a cemetery or, in certain cases, in a church or an area, which has been set aside for this purpose, and so dedicated by the competent ecclesial authority. - Summary of New Vatican Guidelines for Burial and Cremation
In the end it is not the environmentally friendly alternative to cremation that the Church opposes, but rather the lack of safeguards to respecting the sacredness of human life even in death.
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