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 ...

A Canadian distributor of caskets and other funeral supplies plans to locate its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Cleveland, at a 67,000-square-foot facility on the city's West Side. On Monday, Jan.

TREMONTON, Utah — A local carpenter is using his art to honor heroes who lost their lives in the line of duty. At the funerals of Tremonton-Garland Police Sgt Lee Sorensen and Officer Eric Estrada, ...

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 ...