Robe of Count Ymir, High Priest. Conceals the abundance of squirming beneath. Gold embroidery decorates the purple cloth, with a jewelled ruff that sparkles like a flower wet with dew.

Tucked away in rural France lies an abandoned church, crumbling under time’s weight. But inside, we found something astonishing: the priest’s cope (mantle), still draped in silence. This ...

A crazed man waltzed into a Queens church and destroyed a framed photo of Pope Francis — before spreading paint thinner on the basement floor and dressing up in a priest’s robe, the diocese ...

This example of imperial embroidery is one of the earliest surviving Chinese Buddhist robes (kasaya) in the West. Depicting 991 Buddhas, each slightly different, it is constructed out of patches in ...

Robe of Count Ymir, High Priest. The front is open, exposing the squirming fingers beneath. This robe is the image of his fervent desire having broken free, laying bare his greatest wish, and ...

Catholic priest, 60, burns to death after spark ignites his robes during blessing of the fire ceremony Father Javier Sánchez was engulfed in flames amid a candle-lighting ceremony ...