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 ...

In the lead-up to Pope Leo XIV’s election, there was much speculation about how the new pontiff would compare to his ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating cardinals, the world at last has seen white smoke wafting from the Sistine Chapel ...

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 ...

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 ...

the so-called "pope of the poor" had excoriated the clergy for putting themselves above the flock and becoming smitten by symbols of power. In a speech to a church synod in October 2023, he called it ...

Clerical robe tailor Raniero Mancinelli works on a white papal cassock at his liturgical vestments shop near the Vatican, in Rome, Italy, April 29, 2025. REUTERS/ Guglielmo Mangiapane A photo of ...

The vestments, locally called "abito" are among liturgical garments worn by the Catholic clergy, their assistants, and choristers during masses and other official Church functions. The robes were worn ...

Filippo Sorcinelli, an Italian designer who created sacred vestments for Francis ... s frescoes,” in which nearly all people, including clergy, are depicted in plain garments.

After Archbishop Hebda approved, the diaconate office then provided funding and bought 732 vestments for the clergy of the archdiocese. Deacon Lawinger — along with Deacons Jim Bauhs and Tom Michaud, ...

Playing off a secular dance trend, as the first riffs from “Not Like Us” begin, Workman changes from green Ordinary Time vestments to ... and school dances. Clergy’s social media videos ...