It’s a job that comes with a range of uniform options: dog collars, cassocks, surplices, albs, tippets and chasubles, all available from good clerical outfitters. But clergy are now snapping a new item from an unexpected source – Marks & Spencer.
The retailer’s women’s black jumper with the word “Believe” emblazoned in bold colours is a hit with female priests, leading one Church of England bishop to describe it as “the new clergy uniform”.
Ruth Bushyager, the bishop of Horsham,tweeted a picture of female priests in the Chichester diocese wearing the £19.50 Christmas jumper.
Rev Kate Bottley, the former Gogglebox star and a priest in Nottinghamshire, also posted a picture using the hashtag #TeamBelieve. “Never one to shy away from a
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