Dear Larry,

I can't cite any liturgical documents other than the one you already have, but I can offer my thoughts.

I think the main point of the first instruction was that a eulogy was not to REPLACE the homily.  Many people, especially those who don't regularly attend church, don't know the difference between a homily and a eulogy.  They see the minister get up and make a "speech" using his own words, so it is assumed that he SHOULD be talking about the deceased.  Therefore to eliminate any confusion, the church absolutely banned euligies in place of the homily, I believe

Also, by definition, a eulogy is not the same thing as a remembrance.  I looked up "eulogy" in the dictionary, there were two definitions, both of which defined a eulogy as a piece of praise.  You yourself used the word praise in your original post.  I believe the church allows the possibility of a "remembrance" mostly for pastoral reasons.  It seems that exactly what is said during a remembrance isn't clearly defined by the church, but I don't think it absolutely must contain praise.

When you read through the rite for funerals, you'll see many times that the church leaves options open for pastoral reason: I think the addition of a "remembrance" and its contents is for that same reason.

Again, those are just my thoughts.

Mr. Slavek