Popes Red Shoes

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MomblessedX3 said:
Here is something I just found…

Why Does the Pope Have Red Shoes?, a slim volume devoted to answering children’s questions, Monsignor Georg Ganswein, the Pope’s private secretary, explained the significance of the red accessories: Red is the colour of martyrdom and the pope is the successor of the martyred St. Peter, and also, he wrote, “red is the colour of burning love, the colour of the fire of the Spirit.”
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I always speculated that wearing white, associated with the white dove of the Holy Spirit, translated into red shoes because white doves have red feet. I know, I know. :whacky:
 
Volodymyr_988 said:
The story is that the popes wore red up until St. Pius V who was a Dominican and didn’t want to give up his white habit. Ever since then, the popes have worn white.

Pope Benedict has brought back some of the traditional vestments, including the shoes:

http://www.catholicpressphoto.com/servizi/2005-12-21-udienza/images/prevs/DSC_3186.jpg

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._Poland_5.jpg/180px-Benedict_XVI_Poland_5.jpg
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Actually, I have seen pix on the net of Bl John XXIII wearing all of these.

John Paul II I have seen in the cowboy hat, too. (Sorry, I don’t know the nomenclature)
 
I learned something from this thread. I had always thought that they were Prada shoes! I even thought I heard Raymond Arroryo (sp?) say something about them when the Holy Father arrived in DC!

Good thread btw!
 
The red slippers have been part of the papal uniform for centuries.

And now Prada gets to put a sign in their window: “By appointment to His Holiness” or something similar.

Big deal.
 
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