Americans arrive at papal events in the Vatican and they always ask the same question: "Hey, is that guy a cardinal or a bishop?"
The answer is simple: "If his biretta looks like the one on the right, then he's just a bishop. If his biretta looks like the one on the left, then he's a cardinal (the cardinals wear red)."
2 comments:
plus a bishop or priest's biretta has a (forgive the description) pom-pon on the top and a cardinal's does not.
except religious who follow the older Roman form of the biretta, as do the cardinals. In England, a tassel was used instead of a pom-pom, which is a French addition.
Post a Comment