II. The Celebration of Funerals

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

1690
A
farewell to the deceased is his final “commendation to God” by the
Church. It is “the last farewell by which the Christian community greets
one of its members before his body is brought to its tomb.”¹⁹¹ The
Byzantine tradition expresses this by the kiss of farewell to the deceased:

PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER FOUR OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
  - Article 2 CHRISTIAN FUNERALS
    - II. The Celebration of Funerals

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