Returning Catholics FAQs: Cremation

On Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics , a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.

I want to be cremated when I die. Can I do that if I come back to the Church?

That’s fine, provided your intent is not to, as the Catechism puts it, “demonstrate a denial of faith...