• @WhiteRabbit@lemmy.today
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    266 days ago

    He even opted out of the traditional, expensive papal funeral and requested to just be laid in state and then buried in a wooden coffin lined with zinc.

      • @RedFrank24@lemmy.world
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        216 days ago

        It’s a fairly common lining for coffins that you’re gonna either transport internationally or put in mausoleums. It keeps the body preserved for longer and takes about 100 years to break down.

    • zqps
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      86 days ago

      I can’t not read this as “expensive paypal funeral”.