Oh, No, Not More Cape!
This man is hosting WYD 2008.... Does that mean his cape can be elongated another, say, 5 or 6 feet? Don't quibble -- WYD is so much bigger than a red hat anymore. You didn't know?Of course, all that scarlet moire is meant to serve in imitation of Jesus, the High Fashionista.... No, the actual root of the cappa magna was warmth. But, over time, as Catholics do, it became aggrandized and kept for ornamental purposes, like prelates are Christmas trees or something. So here you have something that started as a device for warmth being worn in the middle of August.
And that irony of evolution is the most Catholic thing of all about this rig.
Whatever makes ya happy, Pell.
Photos from Contemplare.
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posted by Rocco Palmo at 21:41
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The pics are from WYD in Cologne. Unless the world's been turned upside-down, and sometimes it feels like that's the case, it was summer....
Not likely garb like that would ever go down too well in Oz. Reminds me of a cartoon I saw ages ago of Mary and the Infant of Prague with the caption, "I don't care who you say you are, young man; you are not going out to play with your friends dressed like that!"
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More cappas please!
"Or do you think that when he celebrates a liturgy for them, they'll just happen to have a sedia, tiara and ostrich flabelli handy . . . after all, there's nothing in the Ceremonial that says he CAN'T use them if he wants to."
Hmmm, do they have ostriches in Australia? Might be an interesting thought for WYD 2008. Just thinking out loud here...
I wonder if our Eastern Catholic brethren sit around chastising their Bishops for treasuring traditions from the Patristic (let alone medieval) period.
Only in the West, my friends. Only in the West. :)
It's not like Cardinal Pell dresses like this all the time. What's the big deal if he wears the costuime appropriate to his office every once in a while? There are some of us who miss seeing priests who look like priests and nuns who look like nuns.
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