Ad resurgendum cum Christo, Instruction regarding the burial of the deceased and the conservation of the ashes in the case of cremation

Ad resurgendum cum Christo, issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2016, is the Roman Catholic Church's own instruction on the burial of the deceased and the conservation of ashes after cremation. As the Vatican's own doctrinal office speaking on Church teaching and practice, it is fully authoritative for what the Church actually requires of Catholics on this question, which is the fact this atlas cites it for. It is a normative church instrument, not an independent theological or historical study of Christian burial practice generally, and it should be read as the Church's own current position rather than a neutral survey of Christian views on cremation.