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Pope Francis made his first public appearance wearing house dress, not choir dress. He doesn’t care much for ecclesiastical pomp and splendor, we read.<\/p>\n

Our new pope asked for the people’s blessing before blessing them. Nice touch.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis took longer to appear than it had taken Pope Benedict \u2013 over an hour. We trust it wasn\u2019t because he was wrangling with Marini over what to wear. Maybe he gave a courtesy call to the pope emeritus? (He called him \u201cbishop emeritus\u201d rather than \u201cpope emeritus,\u201d btw \u2013 just a slip of the tongue?)<\/p>\n

SJU freshman theology student David Wesson explains:<\/p>\n

The official choir dress of the pope is a white cassock with a white watered silk fascia (sash). Over that, a rochet (a surplice for prelates with longer narrower sleeves). Over rochet is worn red-silk mozetta (red shoulder-length cape), then stole, then gold-corded gold pectoral cross.<\/p>\n

When Ratzinger was elected pope, they went to put him in choir dress but the simar (cassock) didn\u2019t fit him. (Didn\u2019t help Gamarelli\u2019s reputation any, that.) So they put an alb on him over his black sweater. Over the alb he wore the mozetta, pectoral cross, etc.<\/p>\n

When Bergoglio was elected pope, he wore a white simar. But interestingly, he didn\u2019t wear the rochet or mozetta or gold-corded gold pectoral cross \u2013 the choir dress of a pope. He simply wore a simar (which has a little shoulder cape) and what appeared to be his own pectoral cross. He put the stole on only for the blessing, and then took it off while still in public.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not sure what any of this means. Oh, I see Rorate Caeli<\/a> <\/em>isn\u2019t too happy:<\/p>\n

Of all the unthinkable candidates, Jorge Mario Bergoglio is perhaps the worst\u2026. A sworn enemy of the Traditional Mass\u2026 persecuted every single priest who made an effort to wear a cassock\u2026 or was interested in Summorum Pontificum<\/em>\u2026.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmm. We shall see.<\/p>\n

awr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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