QUESTION What is the origin of the clerical collar? The clerical collar is a detachable collar made from white cotton or linen (although nowadays it is often made of plastic). It fastens at the ...

Mr Munroe commended clergy members for taking part in the initiative, noting that learning conflict resolution strategies enhances their role in the community. He also encouraged participants to ...

Of course, I answered in true clergy fashion: it is a complicated question with a complicated answer but it comes down to two main things. First of all, as clergy we are required to explain the ...

THE new Clergy Conduct Measure (CCM) received final approval from the General Synod on Wednesday afternoon to replace the much-criticised Clergy Discipline Measure (CDM). The Measure passed ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Members of the clergy would be required, by state law, to report potential cases of child abuse to authorities, under a proposal at the Washington state legislature. Currently ...

Two Democratic state lawmakers are trying again to require clergy members in Washington to report child abuse or neglect, including when it is disclosed to them by a congregant during confession ...

We, as Clark County United Methodist Churches, stand with transgender people and nonbinary. You are an essential part of our communities, you are an essential part of our churches and you are an ...

House Republicans on Wednesday released their budget resolution in an effort to advance President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda. Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), the chair of the House ...

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At a gathering of Catholic clergy in Rome, the trio of cardinals ... when no one any longer knows or teaches the difference between good and evil.” In two separate homilies to the participants ...

There were men wearing necklaces with crosses around clerical collars, bent-over nuns with ... Thankfully, her son George was good at that. She will not be known for sporting innovations or ...

In the Sixties and Seventies, it was virtually unthinkable for many Christian clerics to step into the pulpit without their clerical collars and robes. However, for many clerics and lay preachers ...