When Francis emerged on the St. Peter’s balcony in 2013, he opted for all-white vestments—indicative of his career-defining humility—before donning the stole. Leo, like Pope Benedict XVI and ...

On February 10, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI issued the stunning declaration ... both gracing the grounds of the Vatican in distinct white papal vestments. Benedict cited his advanced age and ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating cardinals, the world at last has seen white smoke wafting from the Sistine Chapel ...

The footage in fact shows the former pope Benedict XVI lying in state in January 2023 ... The video shows the remains of a man donned in papal vestments being carried and then blessed inside ...

Francis’s preference for simplicity presented a sensationally stark contrast to his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI — who shopped ... who created sacred vestments for Francis, wrote in an ...

As the papal conclave ends with the emergence of white smoke from the Sistine Chapel to signify the selection of a new pope, tailors are creating the papal vestments — the pope's official attire.

Newly elected Pope Benedict XVI has asked the world to pray for him ... Clad in white papal vestments and a short red cape, the 78-year-old then delivered his first blessing to the city of Rome ...

His first commission for a pope came in 2008 when he designed a vestment for Pope Benedict XVI. This milestone project marked the beginning of his longstanding relationship with the Vatican.

Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of faithful in bidding farewell to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass ... Wearing the crimson vestments typical of papal funerals, Francis opened the service ...

with more than a quarter-century passing between the election of Pope John Paul II in October 1978 and that of his successor, Benedict XVI, in April 2005. And now as then, longstanding tradition ...