Word: pectorale
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Homespun Cotton. "I take ideas from others," says Méndez Arceo. "I must enrich myself from others." But he adds touches of his own. For liturgical ceremonies, he wears only homespun cotton vestments and carries a plain wooden shepherd's crook; otherwise he just wears a baggy black...
None of the religious baubles designed to be worn are signed. Jewelry has always been regarded as craft rather than art. Even countries of origin are sometimes difficult to tell. From the mid-16th century onward, pattern books were published showing the latest styles in jewelry, and workshops serving kings...
Richard Cardinal Cushing, Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, also received a bequest in Cardinal Bea's will--a pectoral cross.
Cardinal Cushing had earlier been bequeathed the pectoral cross of Pope John, who died in 1963. He said that he hoped Cardinal Bea "will have a place in the calendar of Saints."
Equipped with auxiliary breathing or gans,* the 2-ft. fish can live out of water for hours and can propel itself along the ground on its stubby but muscular pectoral fins. It was introduced by a fish farmer several years ago near Fort Lauderdale, and quickly infiltrated the state'...