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World > Americas & EMEA
Three-coffin tradition cut from papal funerals
By Agence France-Presse
Nov 22, 2024 12:07 am

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has simplified papal funeral rituals to better reflect the head of the Catholic Church's status as a humble pastor rather than 'person of power,' the Vatican said on Wednesday.

Deceased popes traditionally have three coffins — one made out of cypress, one of lead and one of elm — which are placed one inside the other, before the papal body is interred.

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