How does a cremation work?

Cremation, practiced for thousands of years, involves burning and reducing the body of the deceased to ashes. Like burial, it has been performed worldwide, but the Catholic Church only officially permitted it in 1963.

The deceased is cremated in their coffin or a cremation container. Each crematorium can accommodate only one coffin at a time. The process lasts about 1.5 to 2 hours at temperatures between 1000 and 1200 degrees Celsius. At this heat, the container, clothing, and body are reduced, leaving only the bones, which are then processed into cremated remains.