Mary Flynn's blue eyes brighten when she talks about the natural pine coffin she made for herself and the exact spot she wants to be buried one day. "I keep my casket in my [home] studio and I've ...
Watch: Mourners filed past Tutu's simple pine coffin as his body lay in state in his old parish cathedral Mourners have been filing past the coffin of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as his body lies in ...
Why is a body placed in a shroud and then a pine box? Why does the body need to be buried quickly? In Catholic tradition, there isn’t a time frame for interment, just that the body be blessed.