When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go!
But when you go, can you be buried in a Catholic cemetery? Let's go to the Code of Canon Law:
Can.
1183 §1 As far as funeral rites are concerned, catechumens are to be reckoned
among Christ's faithful.
§2 Children
whose parents had intended to have them baptized but who died before baptism,
may be allowed Church funeral rites by the local Ordinary.
§3 Provided
their own minister is not available, baptized persons belonging to a
non-catholic Church or ecclesial community may, in accordance with the prudent
judgement of the local Ordinary, be allowed Church funeral rites, unless it is
established that they did not wish this.
Can.
1184 §1 Church funeral rites are to be denied to the following, unless they
gave some signs of repentance before death:
1°
notorious apostates, heretics and schismatics;
2° those
who for anti-christian motives chose that their bodies be cremated;
3° other
manifest sinners to whom a Church funeral could not be granted without public
scandal to the faithful.
§2 If any
doubt occurs, the local Ordinary is to be consulted and his judgement followed.
Can.
1185 Any form of funeral Mass is also to be denied to a person who has been
excluded from a Church funeral.
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