The idea and practice of having clergy dress in a distinctive way has a long history. The phrase “man of the cloth,” to mean a clergyman, goes back to the late 17th century. In 1701, Jonathan Swift, ...

The priest said he was moved to start the company after he went on retreat in 2005 to a small town in Guatemala where an American priest, the Rev. Stanley Rother, is still revered.

As a priest of over forty years, I have never understood the need for clerical clothing. I'm quite certain that priests outside of liturgical functions don't need to be spotted.

In that sense, when each of us dons a mask, we embody the work of the High Priest Aaron, acting on behalf of our whole people. We embody Queen Esther, hiding a part of ourselves temporarily in ...

All the more reason for them to be able to know that I as a priest am encouraging them, exhorting them to exercise the fullness of their ministries. People who want a priest can identify me as someone ...

While we might assume that these garments are ceremonial and exist for the purpose of honoring the priests, we learn at the end of the chapter that this clothing is, in fact, protective.

On May 22 coincidentally, the feast day of St. Rita Ms. Longhitano, 35, was ordained a priest in a ceremony in an Anglican church in Rome.