Cassocks, which have historical links to the Roman ... vestment worn over the rochet, symbolizes the white robe of baptism and rebirth into the life of Jesus Christ. The white or ivory color ...

Vatican Media, via Reuters The Roman Catholic Church is deeply divided ... numbers corresponding to each cardinal elector; papal vestments that the new pope will don; and the doors of the ...

On Wednesday, May 7, the conclave, a special gathering of Roman Catholic cardinals to elect a new pope ... To ensure the signal from the chimney is a clear color, Vatican experts use separate ...

Vatican Media, via Reuters The Roman Catholic Church is deeply divided ... After the pope puts on the vestments, he is introduced to the public for the first time. The crowd in St. Peter ...

"For our culture, it's a sacred thing," said the Roman. "It's not a theatrical spectacle." Vatican's loudest colors The cardinals ... most of the vestments worn by the secular clergy and religious ...

Among the 133 cardinals swearing the oath was the leader of the Roman ... they're Catholic or not. Beatrice Rakoma, 64, a pensioner in Johannesburg, South Africa It's not about color, race or ...

As more than a billion Roman Catholics around the world await ... ordinary professor of Canon law at the School of Canon Law at the Catholic University of America. Typically, he says, the first ...

While the cardinals are known to wear their scarlet red attire, some individuals involved in conclave proceedings were seen ...

The red robes are worn by all 133 cardinals deliberating who will replace Pope Francis. The original reason cardinals started wearing red is disputed, but the hue is often said to represent the blood ...

Excavators working at an ancient Catholic church in Italy recently found an even older religious symbol: the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook.

Tomorrow, May 7, 2025, the whole world will be waiting for those joyous words “Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus papam” (meaning, I announce to you a great joy: We have a pope!) as the ...