Thursday 5 January 2023

In Memory Benedict XVI : 5

Continuing our series of liturgical photographs in tribute to His late Holiness, of happy memory.

In the first two years or so of the Pontificate of Pope Benedict, a whole new range of Papal vestments was introduced by the then Prefect of Pontifical Ceremonies, Monsignor Piero Marini. In this post, we will look at some of the more tasteful copes worn by Pope Benedict during those early years.

 
Pope Benedict XVI vestments
Violet cope Advent 2005.
  

Pope Benedict XVI vestments
Purple cope Advent 2006.



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Cope of straw-gold silk damask with matching mitre
at the Basilica of S' Paul-without-the-walls 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI vestments


Pope Benedict XVI vestments


Please click on the images for an enlarged view. 

Eternal Rest grant unto him, O Lord, with your saints forever, for you are merciful.