Would the first American pontiff be a sequel to Francis — or more along the lines of St. John Paul II or Benedict XVI? If the new Pope’s choice of words and vestments is any indication ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first American pope and is seen as a diplomat ... conservative ways of popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Of the 133 cardinal electors, only 25 were ...

In recent days, many have swung by central Rome’s famed tailors before the conclave to browse and buy refined clerical vestments ... a cheap light wool. Pope Benedict XVI used more elegant ...

As for their friend, the outfit had changed — the pope wears his white papal vestments in all but the ... wrote about the installation of Pope Benedict XVI as the Sun-Times religion reporter ...

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.