Acrimson cap, trimmed with snow-white fur and worn by a rosy-cheeked elderly man as he glides past thousands of onlookers days before Christmas, might come across as typical holiday kitsch in many ...

He was also seen venturing out in a camauro, which looks almost exactly like a Santa hat. Even when it came to the traditional mitre, Benedict generally chose hats taller than those worn by his ...

Vatican officials said the hat, known as a camauro, has been part of the papal wardrobe since the 12th century. But it has not been worn in public since the death of John XXIII in 1963. Riding the ...

I write this column well ahead of time, so I have no idea if Pope Benedict XVI will delight Vatican pilgrims this Christmas season by donning the papal camauro, a traditional fur-trimmed red hat ...