VATICAN CITY — Ashes to ashes is fine, the Vatican says, as long as you don’t spread them around.
On Tuesday, the Vatican responded to what it called an “unstoppable increase” in cremation and issued guidelines barring the scattering of ashes “in the air, on land, at sea or in some other way.”
The
Vatican decreed that the ashes of loved ones have no place in the home,
and certainly not in jewelry. It urged that cremated remains be
preserved in cemeteries or other approved sacred places.