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 ...

Ancient societies in southern China pegged coffins into high cliffsides in burial ritual linked to good fortune ...

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 ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WQOW) --Funeral homes around the country are experiencing a casket shortage due to the pandemic, including those in the Chippewa Valley. Michael Horan owner of Horan Funeral Home ...

Geneticists reveal that the Bo people of Yunnan are direct descendants of those who practiced burial in hanging coffins.

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 ...

The modern-day Bo people of southeastern China have long maintained that they had no connection to those inside the hanging coffins.

These days you can buy almost anything online—including a final resting place for your loved ones. However, shopping for caskets online is not easy. There’s a lot to keep in mind while keeping your or ...

Wood that is used to build coffins is becoming increasingly hard to come by in Southern California as the number of COVID-19 deaths continues rising throughout the state, a casket builder told The ...

A body was left inside a wooden casket at a cemetery near Harrisburg, Oregon, on March 31, 2022, the Lynn County Sheriff’s Office said. The male body has not been identified. Matt Rourke AP A wooden ...

The 87-year-old pontiff – who turns 88 next month – enacted a new set of liturgical rites aimed at modernizing the Catholic Church that scraps lengthy, garish funeral practices his predecessors ...