Reply #37: A lot of the stuff was borrowed or is part of the Vatican Treasury

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The pope's clothing a nod to church history

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-080418-pope-fashion-photogallery,0,1203086.photogallery

The pope's clothing and its historic influence.

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Pope Benedict XVI wore a traditional white cassock with buttons down the
front and his trademark red shoes Wednesday during a visit to the White House.
(Getty photo by Win McNamee / April 16, 2008)



Pope Benedict XVI wore a gold mitre and heavily embroidered red chasuble
for mass in Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. His gold crozier, once carried
by Pope Leo XIII, was borrowed from the Vatican treasury.
(Getty/AFP photo by Mandel Ngan / April 17, 2008)


The trademark red shoes of Pope Benedict XVI are reportedly handmade by a cobbler
in northern Italy not Prada, as rumored. Pope Benedict revived the traditional papal
red shoes, which had not been worn since early in the pontificate of Pope John Paul II.
(Getty/AFP photo by Tim Sloan / April 17, 2008)


While presiding over Vespers in the Crypt at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception, Pope Benedict XVI wore a century-old gold cope from the treasury
of the National Shrine. It was worn by Bishop Thomas Joseph Shahan, the bishop who raised
funds for the shrine, on the day that church's foundation stone was laid in 1920.
(Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Photo by Matthew Barrick / April 16, 2008)


At a meeting with American bishops on Wednesdsay, Pope Benedict XVI wore a stole made of gold,
no fabric. The stole, which belonged to Pope Paul VI, is normally on display at the Basilica
of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception photo by Matthew Barrick / April 16, 2008)



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