The Pope and the prelates wore red today to symbolize the blood of martyrs.

Popes occasionally wore white in the Middle Ages, but usually wore red.

The Pope wears a white watered-silk fascia, with his coat of arms on the ends.

It is not known if the Pope ever wore the Golden Tiara.

When not celebrating religious services, the Pope wears a cassock.

Over his cassock the Pope will wear a lace rochet.

The Pope wears a pectoral cross suspended on a gold cord over the mozzetta.

This is like having the Pope wear a nametag around the Vatican.

During a papal trip to Denver, for instance, she had noticed that the Pope was wearing sneakers.

At such functions the Pope, like other bishops, wears a mitre.