An English bishop has encouraged Catholics to hold fast to Christian faith and practice at funerals in the wake of rising numbers of “no frills” and “direct cremations”.
In a pastoral letter to the faithful of the Diocese of Shrewsbury, called "At the Hour of Our Death", Bishop Mark Davies expressed concern about the rising trend of disposing of bodies without an appropriate funeral.
The Bishop asked whether the recent secular “trivialisation of funerals” had led people to dispense with the idea of having a funeral at all.
