In the basement of an old factory building on East Main Street, a small, unadorned space with a cracked concrete floor serves as a showroom. Urns gathered from area flea markets fill the shelves.

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 ...

There are many crafts folk, sales personnel and customer service representatives who say they meet the most interesting people in their line of work, and Bill Hale is no exception. For more than 30 ...

NEW ORLEANS (CN) - An order of monks can sell handmade caskets without a Louisiana funeral home license, a federal judge ruled. The monks of St. Joseph, a Catholic monastery of 38 monks located in ...

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 ...

Grady Hunter, 75, has entered a handmade coffin in the Handicrafts and Hobbies competition at the State Fair. Grady Hunter, 75, has entered a handmade coffin in the Handicrafts and Hobbies competition ...

They get an A+ for creativity. Teachers brought along visual aids, including handmade coffins and a guillotine, while protesting Mayor Bill de Blasio’s schools reopening plan in Lower Manhattan on ...