Word: zucchetto
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...ZUCCHETTO White cap or skullcap...
...enormous presence of the Wittenberg rebel, the sheer force of his personality, still broods over all Christendom, not just Lutheranism. Although Luther declared that the Roman Pontiffs were the "Antichrist," today's Pope, in an anniversary tip of the zucchetto, mildly speaks of Luther as "the reformer." Ecumenical-minded Catholic theologians have come to rank Luther in importance with Augustine and Aquinas. "No one who came after Luther could match him," says Father Peter Manns, a Catholic theologian in Mainz. "On the question of truth, Luther is a lifesaver for Christians." While Western Protestants still express embarrassment over Luther...
...Popes, too, can tire: unerringly, cameras zoomed in to catch the lines of fatigue that etched his lean, ascetic face. And no more for the Pope than for other men will blustery winds die down at will. Time and again the Pope had to clutch desperately at his white zucchetto (skullcap) to keep it from sailing off into the air. During his farewell speech at Kennedy Airport, a stray gust whipped Paul's cloak over his head and face-and for an incongruous, hilarious split second, the spiritual leader of 584 million Roman Catholics looked like nothing so much...
...Restored the tradition, abandoned by the last two Popes, of placing his red cardinal's zucchetto on the head of the secretary of the conclave, Monsignor Alberto di Jorio, thereby making him a cardinal...
...Travel Agents. To such audiences the Pope usually makes a 15-minute speech, discussing their profession or aims in glowing terms, but always with some moral admonitions. Afterwards, he mixes with the group. People push and jostle toward him, eager for a word. Some hand him a white zucchetto (skull cap), and he puts it on, giving the visitor his own; somehow, during this hat-switching, he manages to look completely dignified. Many bring rosaries for him to bless. Once, a U.S. Congressman fumbled for a box of religious medals, instead came out with a pack of Chesterfields; an Italian...