Roman Catholic AnswerCertainly, ashes are a sacramental, anyone can receive them. I mark people on the forehead with ashes who are protestant, who are babies in their mother's arms, anyone.
According to the Catholic Church, you receive ashes on the first day of lent to remind you that from dust you came, and to dust you shall return.
The roman catholic church does not require ashes to be buried in a consecrated cemetery because is not according to the doctrine of the Catholic church.
No, according to the teachings of the Catholic Church, Catholics are not allowed to scatter their ashes. The Church requires that ashes be buried in a sacred place, such as a cemetery or church.
There is no such bead on a Catholic rosary. The Catholic Church demands that the ashes of the deceased be respected, as the body would be respected, and buried.
ashesWe receive ashes which is the penitential reminder on the first day of Lent. Like on Ash Wednesday.
No, a Catholic should not receive communion in anything but a Catholic Church.
Ash Wednesday, when ashes are distributed, is observed by those who are of the Roman Catholic faith. It is not specific to a particular age but typically individuals start receiving ashes as children around the age of 7 when they have received their First Communion.
Well, catholics observe it because it is the first day of Lent, a period of 40 days that catholics remember the suffering and death of Jesus. It is a mandatory day for catholics to go to Mass and receive special ashes to symbolize catholic faith
Catholics believe cremation is acceptable only if the ashes are given proper burial. They believe that scattering or displaying the ashes violates human dignity.
yes. every catholic - pope included - wear ashes on Ash Wednesday. they are obliged to.
No, they should be buried or placed in a mausoleum.