The pope's clothes are infused with history and symbolism. ... From the eighth century to the middle of the 20th, popes were coronated wearing an ornate three-tiered crown called a tiara.

However, this Pope commissioned another much more luxurious tiara in 1854, which had thousands of diamonds and precious stones. In this way, the papier-mâché one was definitively retired; after all, ...

His successor, Pope John Paul I, the Brief Pope who barely held the position for 33 days until his death, dispensed in 1978 with being crowned with the triregnum tiara that had crowned all of ...

Pope Paul VI was the last to wear the tiara. In 1963, just months after his coronation, he donated his own gold- and jewel-encrusted tiara to benefit the poor — a decision echoed by his successors.

The Catholic blogosphere has been abuzz this week over the possibility that Pope Benedict may have changed his coat of arms to include the papal tiara, a symbol of the pope's temporal and ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural Mass on Sunday. Years ago, it would have included a solemn moment when the pontiff was crowned with an elaborate gold and jewel-encrusted papal tiara.

Young Voices: It was not a literal cheap plastic princess tiara my 4-year-old placed on my head. No, for me, it was a jewel-encrusted papal tiara. Here's how my day as pope would go.

Now that a new pope has been named and made his first appearance, the question turns to what comes next. Typically, about a week after the election, a ceremonial Mass is held in St. Peter's Square ...