Pope Francis has opted to be buried in a wooden casket when he is laid to rest – amending a centuries-old tradition of a decorated send off as he works to simplify papal customs. The 87-year-old ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the pomp and privilege of leading the global Catholic Church, has decided that a simple wooden casket will suffice when the time comes ...

Norman Ginther's business began with a flash of insight during the funeral of Pope John Paul II. It was April 2005, and as Ginther watched the pope's funeral on television, he noticed that the pope's ...

Jake Garner makes wood caskets out of white pine with natural muslin cloth linings that are totally natural, without toxic finishes, toxic glues or synthetic fabrics - all natural materials that will ...

Pope Francis has announced that he will forgo the traditional, elaborate burial rites of his predecessors in a decision that may modernize the Catholic Church. When the time comes, the 87-year-old ...

History: Saint Meinrad Archabbey, a Catholic Benedictine monastery, was founded in 1854 in Spencer County by monks from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland. Per their tradition, monks are buried in wood ...

It has always been the intention of the Trappist monks to pray. They still do. They pray vigils and readings and vespers for hours in daylight and darkness. But now they are making wooden caskets, too ...

Camp County, Texas (KLTV) -It’s no mystery that traditional funerals are expensive. One East Texas woman decided to help cut the cost of burial. By honoring her husband’s request to be buried in a ...