NEW ORLEANS (RNS) A group of Catholic monks who sued for the right to sell handmade caskets will head back to court this week, this time fending off an appeal from the state funeral industry after a ...
WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of Catholic monks can continue selling their handmade caskets after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Louisiana funeral directors. “We really can now move ...
Reporting from BEAR CREEK, N.C.Reporting from BEAR CREEK, N.C. — Don Byrne is only 45, but he’s already planned his burial. He wants to be lowered into a shovel-dug grave in one of his own handmade ...
James Howard’s Annapolis living room seems, at first glance, like any other. He’s got a couch, a fish tank with a flat-screen television mounted above it, a few lamps, and sitting on the coffee table ...
WASHINGTON (RNS) “We really can now move forward without worrying about being shut down,” said Deacon Mark Coudrain, manager of St. Joseph Woodworks in Covington, La. WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of ...