Pope wears funny hat.

[HatSoup]

LOL.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/23/pope-benedict-to-visit-britain

Looks like this could be the new big trend in fedoras, lots of christians look up to the pope.

 

[Geesie]

"funny"?

I find it strange that someone on these forums would consider the choice to wear traditional headgear to be "funny".

A cappello romano (literally Roman hat) or saturno (because reminiscent of the ringed planet Saturn) is a hat with a wide, circular brim and a rounded rim worn outdoors in some countries by Catholic clergy, when dressed in a cassock. It is made of either beaver fur or felt, and lined in white silk. Unlike many other articles of ecclesiastical attire, it serves no ceremonial purpose, being primarily a practical item. (The galero is a ceremonial wide brim hat no longer worn.) The cappello romano is not used in liturgical services. Since the general abandonment of the cassock as street dress, it is uncommon even in Rome today, though it was quite popular there and in some other countries with a Catholic majority population from the 17th century until around 1970.
There are some, mostly minor, differences in the designs of cappelli, depending on the rank of the wearer. The pope wears a red cappello with gold cords [1]. Cardinals formerly also had the privilege of wearing a red cappello, but this rule was overturned by Paul VI, and now Cardinals' cappelli are black, as are those of all other clerics.
A cardinal may have a cappello with red and gold cords with scarlet lining. A bishop's may have green and gold cords with violet lining. A priest may substitute black lining for his. Cappelli for deacons and seminarians have no distinguishing items.

 

[Lefty]

This has been posted many times without one good ending.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

^
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Amen to that brother oops did i say that???

 

[Tomasso]

With matching shoes.

 

[suitedcboy]

Piety doesn't have to mean unfashionable............

 

[duggap]

Borsalino made the Pope's hat for years. Check the thread that has the pictures from the Borsalino museum that Besdor posted from his trip to Italy.