The cassock was once the most common form of clerical attire in the parish setting, but beginning in the late 1960s it was almost universally abandoned. Today, however, younger clergy have to some ...
Rome's famous 'hot priest' calendar rarely features members of the clergy, the photographer behind one of Italy's best-selling souvenirs has confessed. The black and white calendar, released every ...
A popular Argentine priest has explained why he frequently wears a priestly cassock, even while the garment has fallen out of favor among some priests. Fr. Christian Viñas, pastor of Sacred Heart of ...
Bishop Jesús González Hernández of Chilpancingo-Chilapa in the Mexican state of Guerrero said wearing religious dress could prevent the murder of Catholic priests. Speaking to the press over the ...
At 89 Via Borgo Pio, located a few steps from Porta Santa Anna leading to the Vatican, is Mancinelli Clergy, the iconic shop that embodies the history and tradition of ecclesiastical tailoring in Rome ...
Graduation regalia is so strange. Where did we get those weird caps and gowns? The church. Centuries ago, clergy were educated in what would become the model for western universities and they wore ...
WASHINGTON -- The sex scandal of the Rev. Alberto Cutie, a Catholic priest well-known throughout the Spanish-speaking world who was photographed frolicking with a woman on a Miami beach, has rekindled ...
Recently I heard one fashionable young clergyman say to another that a faded shirt is the sign of a faded soul. I hope that’s not true, because if it is, things don’t look good for me. Most of my ...