In total silence, Sister Elisaveta stitched the sacred headwear for which her monastery in North Macedonia is renowned ...

quicklist: 1title: MITRE text: The tall folded hat worn by popes and other bishops is called a mitre, and is an ancient symbol of priestly authority.

But he thought about the Virgin Mary’s acceptance of God’s will, and so he received his ring, mitre (hat) and staff from McElroy in front of family and friends three days before his 51st birthday.

Other important symbols of a bishop’s position are the pectoral cross worn on a bishop’s chest, the mitre — or hat — and the episcopal ring. “Of course, ...

Bishops, Cardinals and the Pope wear the Mitre as a sign of their authority when talking to the people. They take it off when talking to God. The Mitre is worn, however, for the homily, as a sign ...

When one youngster asked: “Is that hat comfy Bishop?” he replied that the headgear, known as a Bishop’s Mitre, was not. He told them on Saturday: “ It stays on because it grips the head.

In St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, last week candles gleamed, incense rose hazily. Auxiliary Bishop Stephen Joseph Donahue of New York celebrated solemn pontifical mass. In heavy cope and ...

This find features a bearded Enguerrand, also known as Ingeramus de Crequy, wearing a bishop's mitre or hat. Dr Marsden said this would not have happened in England.