{"id":86223,"date":"2026-01-28T10:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=86223"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:47:40","slug":"liturgy-ii-the-reason-why-the-pope-wears-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2026\/01\/28\/liturgy-ii-the-reason-why-the-pope-wears-white\/","title":{"rendered":"LITURGY II: THE REASON WHY THE POPE WEARS WHITE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s an image we\u2019ve grown used to: the pope dressed in white. Unlike other priests and bishops, the successor of Peter is always entirely in this color, but why?<br><br><br><strong>RAM\u00d3N NAVARRO<\/strong><br><em>Director, Episcopal Commission for the Liturgy (CEE)<\/em><br><em>The Pope wears white because of a historical contingency. Saint Pius V was a Dominican, and when he became Pope, he decided to keep his habit, and that\u2019s why the Pope wears white. Later, all kinds of allegorical interpretations were added: purity, etc. But really, that\u2019s the reason.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, before Pope Pius V established this custom, there were already some elements of papal attire that are still preserved today.<br><br><br><strong>RAM\u00d3N NAVARRO<\/strong><br><em>Director, Episcopal Commission for the Liturgy (CEE)<\/em><br><em>Yes, there were other elements that existed before. For example, the red velvet mozzetta with fur or the Pope\u2019s various items, like the tiara. Those obviously existed.<br><br><br><\/em>Next to the Sistine Chapel, there is a room filled with symbolism of the conclave. It\u2019s called the \u201cRoom of Tears,\u201d the place where the newly elected pope changes from his cardinal\u2019s garments into papal vestments.<br><br>Odds are that Pope Saint Pius V was not aware of the impact of his decision. Five centuries later, the choice he made at that moment remains one of the defining feature of the papacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AM<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s an image we\u2019ve grown used to: the pope dressed in white. Unlike other priests and bishops, the successor of Peter is always entirely in this color, but why? RAM\u00d3N NAVARRODirector, Episcopal Commission for the Liturgy (CEE)The Pope wears white because of a historical contingency. Saint Pius V was a Dominican, and when he became [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":86219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ayDNEJ6zT3M","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bbiancopapaleeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bbiancopapaleint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86226,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86223\/revisions\/86226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}