that a Catholic Archbishop would teach that it is not only desirable but preferable to turn our bodies into fertilizer at the end of our lives is beyond comprehension.
Will he, as an ardent environmentalist, also promote this technique-- as do the the developers--as a way of living forever? Just pour grandpa into your favorite tree-- and he can live on and on in that tree,
Make no mistake about it-- that is exactly how it is being promoted by the developers of the technique, but the archbishop, I am sure, is unaware of that.
If the Archbishop is aware of the marketing strategies of this new funereal system, what does it say about his belief in the Resurrection?
And then for him to mock and ridicule the custom and tradition of sacred relics, and say that the obtaining of relics is somehow even worse than dissolving a body in lye and chemicals and pouring it into the ground is unacceptable. i am sorry-- but this is awful-- utterly awful
He needs our prayers. But we need some prayers too-- if this is the kind of teaching we are getting
fr Anthony Brankin