The Archdiocese of Paris commissions famed designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac to create the liturgical vestments for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral on December 7 and 8.

The vestments used at Benediction are ... If the celebrant be a bishop, the Mass or Vespers is called Pontifical Mass or Pontifical Vespers. Q. 954. What is Vespers? A. Vespers is a portion ...

Papal delegates and those specially appointed ... The pallium is a white woolen vestment worn by the Pope and sent by him to patriarchs, primates and archbishops. It is the symbol of the fullness ...