From time immemorial, the three major Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam have been unequivocal on the importance of burial and the ban on cremation. However, the non-acceptance of cremation by the Catholic Church was never intended to imply that someone who is cremated would never go to heaven. The Church has never opposed the cremation of Catholics after disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods or epidemics when mass casualties occur, making burials an impossibility and necessitating cremations.