Do Elephants Jump?
“ Blame it on Pius V, who assumed the papacy from 1566 until his death in 1572. For centuries before that, popes wore red. Why the change? Reverend Monsignor Dr. Alan F. Detscher, executive director of the Secretariat for the Liturgy, explains: Religious men who became bishops wore a cassock in the same color as the habit worn by their religious community. Pius V, being a [member of the] Dominican order, continued the practice of using the color of his religious habit, even after he was elected... pope. The practice of the pope wearing white continued on after his papacy. On some occasions, the pope will wear a red cape over his white cassock, this a reminder that the more ancient papal color was not white, but red.
Like other religious traditions, what might have started as a personal predilection became codified to the point where now there are elaborate agreements about color codes — you’d think we were talking about battling VH-1 Divas who feared clashing outfits. For example, when the queen of England visits the Vatican, she wears black, as she is technically representing the Protestant Anglican church.MoreLess
Like other religious traditions, what might have started as a personal predilection became codified to the point where now there are elaborate agreements about color codes — you’d think we were talking about battling VH-1 Divas who feared clashing outfits. For example, when the queen of England visits the Vatican, she wears black, as she is technically representing the Protestant Anglican church.MoreLess
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