The question of cremation continues to arise but still remains unresolved. The Vatican has accepted cremation as an alternative to burial but Malta continues to ‘lag behind’.
Cremation on our little island would make great sense. There are opportunities to have a ‘win’ situation for the Church, the environment and the people. Instead of taking valuable space with austere graveyards we could create woodlands that are grown over the ashes of our loved ones, a place where we can visit and spend time with our children.
Capsula Mundi (an Italian company) has produced biodegradable urns in which our ashes can be interred and buried beneath a tree picked by the person before death.
People would be allowed to get on with their lives and not worry about the burden they would become to their family (and the State).
The Church would benefit from having people visit these pleasant enclaves and which the islands desperately need.