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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 2745962, member: 50&quot;]I&#039;m not Catholic so have no idea but I did find this bit on preparation of a priest for burial at one Diocese. It mentions a cross but not where it comes from.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Please let the funeral home know that another crucifix [ordinarily the type used in the lid of the casket] will be needed the day of the funeral. This is placed in the priest&#039;s hands by the Bishop and is buried with him.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><a href="http://www.dioceseofjoliet.org/siteimages/bishop/Funeral_of_a_PRIEST_-_REVISED_December_2017.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dioceseofjoliet.org/siteimages/bishop/Funeral_of_a_PRIEST_-_REVISED_December_2017.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.dioceseofjoliet.org/siteimages/bishop/Funeral_of_a_PRIEST_-_REVISED_December_2017.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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