Roland, In response to your following statement: >In Bombay there is no question of asking permission from the Hindu community > since the Electric Crematorium is a Municipal one. Is this not the case in > Goa also? There is no question of asking permission from the Hindu community for any cremation in Goa also, as long as the familycan provide a valid death certificate to the municipality.... However, there is not a single electric crematorium in Goa! Naguesh Bhatcar > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:46:27 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Cremation of the Catholics > > Cremation was allowed by the Second Vatican Council since 1962. It is no > fault of the Vatican that Roman Catholics in Goa are even today reluctant to <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > that I suppose is they'd rather prefer to celebrate birthdays, weddings and > saints' feast rather than do the parting in some style. >
