In the photo, my father and I are shaking hands. Both of us are dressed in clerical vestments; he has just preached for my installation service at my second parish.

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The beauty and solemnity of religious services are often enhanced by the attire of the clergy. These garments, known as liturgical vestments, are not simply decorative clothing. They are imbued with ...

He’s made pointed barbs at some young priests for their exquisite vestments and other clerical attire. The pope’s caustic critique is more than a fashion statement; it has theological ...

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 ...

Oct. 25—When she comes up to the altar rail to receive a blessing during Communion while wearing her clerical vestments, the Rev. Anne Tropeano — known as "Father Anne" — receives a variety ...

When the Cathedral of Notre-Dame reopens this week, the clergy will be wearing new liturgical garb designed by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. By Dana Thomas Reporting from Paris Five years after a ...