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U.S. Catholic Bishops Update Funeral Guidelines to Address Liturgical Departures
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has revised funeral policies to address what it describes as growing departures from Church norms, including practices around cremated remains and eulogies.
Why We Ran This
This story restores context around why liturgical form matters to communities of faith, and dignifies both institutional reasoning and the grief of ordinary families without reducing either to caricat
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