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February 28, 2015

Scattering ashes not the reverent way to treat remains

In the Vancouver area the practice of illegally scattering cremated remains in public places is on the rise.

Scattering the ashes of the recently departed is a rising trend in Vancouver despite the practice breaking both civil and Canon Law.

Published in Canada
February 18, 2015

Return with tears to God's loving embrace during Lent, Pope says

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York hands out sandwiches at the St. Francis of Assisi Church Breadline in New York following a Feb. 18 Ash Wednesday Mass.

ROME - Lent is a journey of purification and penance, a movement that should bring one tearfully back to the loving arms of the merciful Father, Pope Francis said at an Ash Wednesday Mass that began with a procession on Rome's Aventine Hill.

Published in Vatican