Friday, January 18, 2008

Papal shoes...


Somebody asked for a photo of papal shoes. This is the body of Pope John XXIII (m. 1963 and redressed in 2001).
The cross is on each shoe for the faithful to reverence (kiss)...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is also a photo in my article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_shoes

Anonymous said...

In osculo sancto the slipper is kissed.

Anonymous said...

Is this an incorrupt saint?