The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued new guidance on Thursday, March 23, explaining why human composting and other green burial techniques are contrary to Church teaching.
A large faith conference is pushing back onIt is improper to compost human remains and the practice is disrespectful to the body of the deceased, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement released Thursday, March 23.reflects the Church’s overarching concern
Since then, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, California and New York have also legalized the practice, according to Smithsonian magazine. It is believed that the cost of traditional funerals as well as the chemicals required for embalming are leading some to consider this option.The bishops took issue with what happens to the human body after undergoing human composting or alkaline hydrolysis.
"This liquid is treated as wastewater and poured down the drain into the sewer system ," something that"does not show adequate respect for the human body,The same is true for human composting, which leads"nothing left but compost, nothing that one can point to and identify as remains of the body." The conference statement added,"The body and the plant material have all decomposed together to yield a single mass of compost.
While cremation is permitted as long as it is not"chosen for reasons contrary to Christian doctrine," said the bishops, it is not permissible to scatter the ashes of the deceased, divide them among family members and friends, or store them in a home.
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