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In your report on the Catholic church’s ban on keeping loved one’s ashes in our homes (Report, 26 October), Cardinal Gerhard Muller states: “The dead body isn’t the private property of the relatives, but rather a son of God.” I was worried about who was going to pay my funeral costs, I’m not now.Mick McKeown Windermere, CumbriaIn your report on the Catholic church’s ban on keeping loved one’s ashes in our homes (Report, 26 October), Cardinal Gerhard Muller states: “The dead body isn’t the private property of the relatives, but rather a son of God.” I was worried about who was going to pay my funeral costs, I’m not now.Mick McKeown Windermere, Cumbria
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