Pope Benedict's Style

Pope Benedict XVI Style Vestments garb robes clothes color
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The Mitre
Benedict wears a precious mitre at an Easter mass in 2008. The jeweled precious mitre is one of three mitres in the Vatican repertory. The other two are the golden mitre, and the simple mitre, which tends to be plain white. Benedict prefers mitres somewhat taller than those favored by John Paul II.

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