From U.S. News and World:
Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the pomp and privilege of leading the global Catholic Church, has decided that a simple wooden casket will suffice when the time comes for his funeral. In a new formal rite published on Wednesday, the Vatican said Francis will forego a centuries-old practice of burying the late pope in three interlocking caskets made of cypress, lead and oak. Instead, Francis will be buried in a single, zinc-lined wooden coffin. The late pope will also not be put on display atop a raised platform, or catafalque, in St. Peter’s Basilica for visitors in Rome to view, as was the case with previous popes.