COMMENTARY: The evolution of the fiddleback chasuble offers a glimpse into how function and fashion shaped liturgical ...

A rally against the Big Beautiful budget bill on Tuesday features liberal clergy and lawmakers gathered on the Capitol steps.

Priests wear vestments for liturgical functions as a sign of their office. Vestments add beauty, elegance, reverence and ...

When you think of religious leaders, be it priests, pastors, or ministers, the image that often comes to mind includes a ...

Like his predecessor, Pope Francis, he opted for simple attire for his lap of St Peter’s Square ­before changing into golden vestments for his inaugural public mass. Pope Leo at his ...

The robes of the clergy are not garments of superiority; they are signs of servanthood. And no president, no matter how admired or embattled, should be adorned in vestments meant to symbolize ...

The rush begins to prepare the new pontiff for his first public appearance. Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating ...

In recent days, many have swung by central Rome’s famed tailors before the conclave to browse and buy refined clerical vestments that are hard to find elsewhere. The Gammarelli family – whose ...

The vestments are placed in the Stanza delle Lacrime, or Room of Tears, which is a small sacristy, or clergy preparation area, just off the Sistine Chapel. It's here that the new pope will dress ...

Mancinelli Clergy is located on Via Borgo Pio ... Guido Marini explained that the distinct ancient liturgical ornaments and vestments being used by Pope Benedict XVI underscore “the continuity ...

Throughout his papacy, the so-called “pope of the poor” had excoriated the clergy for putting themselves ... to see young priests buying lace vestments from Rome tailors.