The tragic death of Fr Matteo Balzano has cast a long, sobering shadow over Italy’s Catholic communities and beyond — and ...

When you think of religious leaders, be it priests, pastors, or ministers, the image that often comes to mind includes a distinctive shirt with a white collar. These are known as clergy shirts ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rev. Adaly Rosado, 40, may sport a clerical collar, but he definitely isn’t the type of Catholic priest you could say is straight out of central casting.

He also once forgot to wear his clerical collar to a meeting. An eloquent speaker with a soothing voice, Tagle giggles at his own jokes and injects self-deprecating humour into his homilies.

He also once forgot to wear his clerical collar to a meeting. An eloquent speaker with a soothing voice, Tagle giggles at his own jokes and injects self-deprecating humour into his homilies.

A fluent English speaker, Tagle has been mentioned as a possible papal contender since the last conclave in 2013, when Francis was elected, and his name is on everybody's lips this time around.

With an eight-point lead at the start of the second quarter, the third year of the Lake County Clergy vs Law Enforcement basketball game was looking good for those wearing clergy cloths on March ...

Now retired from law enforcement, Brian Wharton has traded his badge for a clerical collar, serving as a pastor for First United Methodist Church in Onalaska.

It is believed that the clerical collar, still the uniform of clergy today, is an invention dating back to the Presbyterian Church in Scotland in the second half of the 19th century.