The first time Johnson Heng sewed a vestment was when he was 16 and it was for his Anglican parish priest. Then, in 2017, he made his first vestment for a Catholic priest and he has not stopped.

In the heart of Catholic tradition, liturgical vestments play a role of profound sacredness and symbolism. Each color, cut, and ornament tells a story, expresses a theological meaning, and contributes ...

Pope Francis told priests and bishops from the Italian island of Sicily on Thursday to be strong moral guides, and to update their art and vestments in conformity with Church reforms. “In Sicily, ...

For more than 70 years, Raniero Mancinelli has sewn and shaped the vestments of the successors of St. Peter. Raniero Mancinelli, now 86, reflects on dressing four popes and the renewed interest in the ...

For the Most Recent in 'The Best in Catholic Blogging' click on Big Pulpit. Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict ...

Filippo Gammarelli is praying the new Pope doesn’t have his own tailor. The 63-year-old is the fifth generation of this famous tailoring family, who has served the Pope and the highest echelons of the ...

As Christmas nears, Catholic garment makers in Xuan Hung village work around the clock to meet soaring demand for ceremonial attire. With Christmas around the corner, the usually tranquil workshops of ...

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