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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(RNS) — Donald Trump, the president who doesn’t go to church, was expected to have six clergymen offer prayers at his inauguration Monday (Jan. 20), which would have equaled the record he set ...

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 ...

THE Archbishop of York has said that it might be time “possibly [to] ask the question whether clergy should become employees” (News 10 January). Last month, the Bishop of Birkenhead, the Rt Revd Julie ...

There will be at least two sets of clergy praying on this Inauguration Day for Donald Trump. One will be praying for Trump and his administration, and the other will be praying that the plans he ...

Italy’s first-ever report on Catholic clerical sexual abuse, from the diocese of Bozen-Brixen in South Tyrol, has revealed at least 67 cases of sexual abuse in the period 1964-2023. The report ...

Clyde Walter Dickey, 87, of Jamestown, passed away with his loving wife by his side, on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at Cleveland Clinic Specialty Hospital. He was born in Rienzi, MS on March 27, 1937, ...

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 ...

The bishop's collar, also known as the clerical collar or Roman collar, has a rich history that dates back to the 19th century. It was first introduced by Anglican clergy in Scotland around the 1860s ...