I am glad that Nelson has enlightened us on Cremation as an approved option for
Catholics.
Cremation is preferable to burying the body for several reasons:
1. In a congested nation like India we can ill afford land to bury our dead.
2. When a person dies of an infectious illness such as
Mr. D'Souza,
Here is information you may find interesting.
There is no evidence, 30 years later, that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(which causes AIDS) can exist in soil, in potable water, or the air.
The known modes of transmission remains sexual, dirty needles ( IV drugs) and
blood
