Pope Leo XIV came out wearing the traditional garb for a new pope Thursday – a red mozzetta and a stole over a white rochet and his new white cassock – restoring a tradition that Pope Francis ...

The white cassock — a long-sleeved ... according to 13th-century French Bishop William Duranti. Cassocks, which have historical links to the Roman robe known as the “caracalla,” are ...

For centuries, newly-elected popes have worn a white cassock (ankle-length clerical ... which is why new popes often wear a red one. "The pope is the bishop of Rome and he's also a cardinal ...

For now, prelates will keep wearing white cassocks, Bishop Chittilapilly added, but they will be "free to reduce the use of or abandon" the red cummerbund-like cloth tied around it. The commission ...

The photo depicts him in a white cassock with a cross around his neck, his face solemn as he raises a pointed finger. The origins of the photo were not immediately clear, and Mr. Trump did not ...