Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

For centuries, newly-elected popes have worn a white cassock (ankle-length clerical coat), white zucchetto (skull cap), red pellegrina ... important meaning in the Catholic faith.

Rome, Italy – For the princes of the Catholic Church ... sash and a white zucchetto – or skullcap – which is red for cardinals, purple for bishops and black for priests.

Forget feathers, fringe and sparkles, if bold and brash colour is your thing, look no further than the conclave at the Vatican.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on Thursday became the first ever pope from the United States, a surprise selection by 133 cardinals from across the globe on the second day of the papal conclave in ...

(CNS/L'Osservatore Romano) Behind altar servers carrying a cross and candles, priests assisting the ... cape), their pectoral crosses, a zucchetto (skull cap) and a biretta, the three-cornered ...

The zucchetto, or silk skullcap ... most of the vestments worn by the secular clergy and religious orders of the Catholic Church actually have their origins in secular dress," he wrote.

Thirteen previous leaders of the Catholic Church had gone by the ... a white cassock (ankle-length clerical coat), white zucchetto (skull cap), red pellegrina (shoulder cover), red and golden ...

The conclave to elect the 267th pope of the Catholic ... The zucchetto, or silk skullcap, is worn on the head, covered by the biretta, the rigid, square-sided cap.” They wear red to symbolize ...

Starting on Wednesday, 133 cardinal electors charged with naming the next leader of the Catholic ... zucchetto, or silk skullcap, is worn on the head, covered by the biretta, the rigid, square ...