Have you ever wondered why the priests and deacons wear such funny and colorful clothes (called vestments) on the altar? Have ...
Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina, has become the lightning rod in the latest wrinkle of the liturgy wars. The initial issue was diocesan policies toward the traditional Latin Mass, ...
Five years ago I wrote an op-ed column for The Times about Pope Benedict XVI’s partiality for ornate vestments and miters (the double-pointed hats sported not only by the pope but also by other ...
Does Anglican patrimony include fiddleback chasubles? If this question means nothing, do not despair, for it is the ecclesiastical equivalent of an interest that rivet-counters or gricers take in the ...