National Catholic Register3d
The Catholic Church’s Copes of Many Colors
COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...
Priest Mimics Elon Musk's Salute at Anti-Abortion Rally
Priest Calvin Robinson insisted that he was "not a Nazi" after receiving backlash for repeating Musk's salute.
Jimmy Webb’s ‘MacArthur Park’ is a musical monster that keeps rising from the dead
The multi-Grammy Award-winner is returning to Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club on Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1.
Paraguay's disappeared: A dictator's shadow is a roadblock for justice, but a few keep up the fight
Their fathers had opposite backgrounds — Tatter’s was a member of the military who rebelled against the dictatorship — but ...
The American Conservative11d
Petro’s Colombia Falls Apart
Petro, who is up for reelection in 2026, donned the presidential sash with the intention of bringing peace to Colombia at the negotiating table. His plans in ruins, and having failed to bring peace to ...
Daily Post Nigeria20d
I was fed remnants of food eaten by kidnappers – Abducted Archbishop recounts ordeal
He said: “I was in my cassock and they knew that I was a Bishop, but they didn’t care. They pulled down my cassock, asked me to undress and I had only shorts, a shirt and my collar on.
The Punch Newspapers20d
‘I was fed once daily,’ retired archbishop recounts 27-day ordeal in kidnappers’ den
I was in my cassock and they knew that I was a Bishop, but they didn’t care. They pulled down my cassock and asked me to undress and I had only shorts, a shirt and my collar on. “For the 27 ...
Texas Monthly21d
He’s on Death Row for Killing a Pastor. Christians Are Divided Over Whether He Should Die.
A cassock peeked from beneath his tan trench coat, and the gentle breeze called attention to his red, sternum-length beard. He spoke to a small gaggle of journalists gathered in the driveway of an ...
CNN21d
Pope Francis tells in memoir how documents on abuse and corruption cases were handed to him
That is also evident in the memoir – for instance, when the pope explains how he was told to wear white trousers, rather than black, to go under his new white papal cassock. “They made me laugh.
The Sun12d
How Vatican’s secret spy service ‘The Entity’ trained priests in dark arts, infiltrated USSR & helped Pole become Pope
In reality, it was a net-work of intelligence agents. “Some of them might have use for the cassock but they were nevertheless not in Holy Orders.” This would become one of the ­Vatican’s ...
The Washington Post10d
Paraguay's disappeared: A dictator's shadow is a roadblock for justice, but a few keep up the fight
“They used to call me ‘the bishop of the red cassock,’ meaning I was a communist,” said bishop Melanio Medina, who presided over the Truth Commission. “Only those who didn’t speak out ...
The Financial Times21d
Gods, Guns and Missionaries — exploding the myth of a singular, ‘true’ Hinduism
A recognition of spiritual kinship led Italian missionary Roberto de Nobili to swap his cassock for the robes of local priests in an effort to better win over converts. Not all interactions were ...