According to Father Ugwu, all priests are supposed to wear black cassocks as their official dress. He explained that only the Pope wears a white cassock, but priests wear black. His words ...

The pope, as the head of the worldwide Catholic Church, is instantly recognizable by his flowing robes, ornate headwear, and ...

As Pope Leo XIV takes over an often divided Roman Catholic Church and the most prominent pulpit on earth, his voice will be ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending ...

Tucked just behind the Pantheon is a tailor with a big claim: They dress the pope.

You know, coming hoping that they would be blessed by the new pope, also a French woman in a shimmering gold sequin, floor-length ball gown had come to celebrate this moment - a real variety, not just ...

no women priests, bishops, cardinals are allowed, and so mother church, as they like to call it, is not a mother, it’s a patriarchal, hierarchal institution that discriminates against women.

"It started as a joke but then I liked it and I have done it since," he said. "Thank God I got to serve many priests throughout the years, monsignors, bishops and many cardinals. Then I also ...

"If they use my things I will be very happy," he added. The ecclesiastical tailor, who dresses Roman Catholic bishops, priests and seminarians as well as popes, is rushed off his feet with last ...

“We welcome the new temple, but the unique traditions of Puri must be preserved,” said Padmanava Mahasuar, president of the ...