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Russian intelligence targets major Orthodox Christian leader as 'Antichrist in a cassock'

ISTANBUL (RNS) — The Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul appears intent on capitalizing on the Russian attack, keeping up a ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

'Criminal In A Cassock': Russian Clergy Quarrel Over Navalny After A Priest Speaks Out In His Support

MOSCOW -- Since his return to Russia and subsequent jailing in January, opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has been the subject of heated debates amid a wave of criminal cases and harassment ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Conclave approaches without papal cassock order

ROME -- Two papal tailors and no conclave orders. The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46½ years for which the Vatican hasn't ordered a set of ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

These papal tailors aren't expecting a traditional order for new cassocks to outfit the next pope

The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the Vatican hasn't ordered a new cassock for the new head of the Catholic Church.