The pope wears white, cardinals wear red, bishops wear amaranth (a reddish-purple), and lower clergy may wear black. Beyond its practical use, the zucchetto helps visually distinguish levels of ...

That red mozzetta dominates the front-view television camera angle, which focuses on the head and torso of the new pope. Why do popes typically wear it? It’s because the white cassock ...

Meanwhile, bishops and archbishops, who don’t rank quite as highly as cardinals and don’t participate in the conclave to pick the next pope, wear a shade of purple. According to Rev. Msgr.

Prince William ruffled feathers last week when he ... "The dress code for the Pope's funeral stated that men were asked to wear a dark suit with a long black tie, so black wasn't the only colour ...