Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an ... Francis chose the simple white cassock with few embellishments for everyday wear. When he was elected pope on March ...

Bishop Jesús González Hernández of Chilpancingo-Chilapa in the Mexican state of Guerrero said wearing religious dress could prevent the murder of Catholic ... the cassock and the Roman collar ...

The Catholic faith is rich with symbolic clothing: the priest’s Roman collar, the nun’s habit, the Pope’s white cassock and cap. They invest the church with a sense of timelessness and gravity.

A major event in the grim routine of the leprosarium at Nyamsong in Cameroon is a visit by a tall, burly priest in a limp ... prince of the Roman Catholic Church, confidant of three Popes and ...

At 33, he left his job as a high-powered government attorney and became a Roman Catholic parish priest in Baltimore ... Bozzelli donned a cassock and has never looked back. At 64, he’s a ...