There are 15 women in my parish convent, and I have never—not even once in the past ten years—seen a single one of them without the habit. There is something formative about this for them and ...

The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46½ years for which the Vatican hasn’t ordered a set of cassocks for the new head of the Catholic ...

Participants in the "100 Women-100 Mile Pilgrimage" in Baltimore, Maryland on September 20, 2015 on their way to attend an event with Pope Francis at the Basilica in Washington, DC ...

The Pope's primary robe is called a cassock, which is a long, floor-length garment. The Pope's cassock is always white, while other clergy generally wear black cassocks.

Gammarelli, another family-run ecclesiastical tailor favoured by the Vatican, has confirmed it didn't receive a pre-conclave order for a new set of virgin cassocks — those first white robes ...

The Post is to be commended for its use of the terms “purple stole, black cassock and white surplice” in describing the Rev. Paul Scalia’s vestments at his father’s viewing at the Supreme ...

The cassock is traditionally worn with a coordinating mozzetta, a short cape that symbolizes his authority. Stole Pope Francis attends the Midday Prayer Service at the Cathedral of St. Matthew on ...