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My brother had a stroke, became braindead, and the doctors proclaimed nothing else could be done.
My brother decided ahead of time to be taken off life support if it came to this, to donate all his organs, and to be cremated.
I was always taught that “pulling the plug” is not really moral… but can someone explain this to me? Why is life support so incredibly unaffordable? It was necessary for him to die to donate his organs. Is this also sound with Catholic morality? And cremation is ok, right, as long as they aren’t scattered into the ocean or anything like that?
Also, please pray for his soul. He passed away this morning. I trust in God’s mercy despite whatever decisions he made, though the situation has caused me to wonder about these things…/QUO
The Church prefers the body be present for the funeral mass. Cremation is permissable after the funeral mass.
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