Can. 1184 §1. Unless they gave some signs of repentance before death, the following must be deprived of ecclesiastical funerals:
1º notorious apostates, heretics, and schismatics;
2º those who chose the cremation of their bodies for reasons contrary to Christian faith;
3º other manifest sinners who cannot be granted ecclesiastical funerals without public scandal of the faithful.
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Can. 1184 §2. If any doubt occurs, the local ordinary is to be consulted, and his judgment must be followed.
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