1.The Amice, a white cloth around the shoulders to signify resistance to temptation; 2.The Alb, a long white garment to ... while in the Tabernacle, and from which the priest gives Holy Communion ...

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

Author Mark Gerson, whose new book is "God Was Right," reveals how the Torah teaches a profound lesson highly relevant to ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The first woman to ever serve as an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church, in Indianapolis or anywhere, has died. The Reverend Jacqueline Means was 87. Jackie, as she was known ...

Wherever they went, they would fold up that Tabernacle and carry it with them. Inside it were two rooms, with one open to all the priests and the other a very special room called the Holy of Holies, ...