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Did You See What the Pope Is Wearing?!?

Posted Apr 17, 08 3:13 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – Benedict XVI is wearing some pretty flashy, and pretty old-school, outfits, and pope-watchers the world over are atwitter, the Washington Post reports. Unlike his predecessor, who “would just wear whatever was given to him,” the current pontiff is reaching into a closet that dates back hundreds of years, causing some to wonder whether “this old-fashioned 'character' also comes with an old-style authoritarianism.”

A top adviser to the pope was quick to play down any reactionary agenda; “these aren’t new things,” he said. The interpretations are endless: One bishop saw a woolen cloak as a signal the pontiff hoped to reunite the Eastern and Western churches. And let’s not leave out the materialists: One blogger noted that the cross Benedict wore in Washington had “major bling.”

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Pope Benedict XVI arrives for Vespers in the Crypt at the Basilica of the National Shrine.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Pope Benedict XVI takes part in a Mass, Thursday, April 17, 2008, at Washington Nationals stadium.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Members of the Knights of Columbus.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Pope Benedict XVI, sporting a fur-trimmed hat.   (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A bishop ponders.   (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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