Have you ever wondered why the priests and deacons wear such funny and colorful clothes (called vestments) on the altar? Have ...

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JERUSALEM — In a stuffy basement off an Old City alleyway in Jerusalem, tailors using ancient texts as a blueprint have begun making a curious line of clothing they hope will be worn by priests in a ...

TOURNAI, Belgium, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Clad in elaborate priestly garments, volunteer models strode down the runway to organ music in the Cathedral of the Belgian city of Tournai, The unusual show on ...

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Rudy Opsomer, the president of the Friends of the Tournai Cathedral, said the garments were usually kept in the church's chambers, far from the public eye. "It was a shame that they were no longer ...