For bishops and archbishops, the liturgical clothes for a funeral include the alb, a white tunic held by a traditional cord ...

Popes have traditionally been buried in three nested coffins: cypress, lead, and oak Pope Francis approved reforms in 2024 that eliminate this ritual, choosing simplicity The change reflects ...

rather than having three nested coffins of cypress, lead and oak as was tradition. While popes often tinker with the rules regulating the conclave that elects their successor, a revision of the ...

With heart and brains removed, the body of Josef Pilsudski, Dictator of Poland, lay in an oak coffin before the high altar of St. John’s Cathedral in Warsaw last week. Outside a drenching cold ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will be simpler than those of previous popes, following instructions he set out himself. But as a head of state and leader of more than a billion Catholics worldwide ...