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Regardless of someone's religious tradition, the bottom line when making decisions about unwanted or damaged religious items is to treat them with reverence and respect. ?In almost all cases, burial is the preferred method of disposal for damaged items.

If you're reading this and anxious about the palms, rosaries, and prayer cards you've thrown away over the years, there's no need to lose sleep over it. The Diocese of Superior explains, ?It is not a sin to throw away blessed items, but out of proper respect, one should dispose of them in this way.

But a blessed crucifix or a blessed statue is not just an ordinary item: it is blessed. And blessed objects should be treated with reverence. If you cannot fix the item, or you have no use for it, you may discard the item by incineration, burial or pious disposal.

The basic rule for the disposition of these items is to burn or to bury them.

The proper method of disposal for anything that has been blessed is either to burn it or bury it. Even if you don't know if it has been blessed, you can still burn or bury it. Actually, it doesn't even need to be broken (though it would be a shame to destroy something that still has usefulness).

If devotionals have not been blessed, such as some of the holy cards and such that come through the mail, those are simply pictures and can be thrown away. If you feel uncomfortable throwing them away, you can burn or bury them as well.?

This Rule requires businesses and individuals that maintain or otherwise possess consumer reports and records for a business purpose to take appropriate measures to dispose of sensitive information derived from such consumer reports and records.

And blessed objects should be treated with reverence. If you cannot fix the item, or you have no use for it, you may discard the item by incineration, burial or pious disposal.