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Has anyone noticed that the Roman Catholic popes wear yamulkes?

What is the deal?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The skullcap worn by the Catholic clergy is called a zucchetto.

    All Catholic clergy are entitled to wear the zucchetto.

    • The Pope's zucchetto is white

    • Cardinals are red

    • Bishops are purple

    • Priests and deacons are black

    Some think that Zucchettos go back to when clerics shaved the center of their heads into a tonsure. Zucchettos would help keep their heads warm.

    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15765b.htm

    With love in Christ.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes I have! Must be a carry over from Judaism. Did you ever take note of the popes prayer shawl?Not unlike the Jewish talis. Only difference that I see between a yarmulke and what the pope wears is that the pope has a knot like piece on the top of his.

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    1 decade ago

    Yes. Originally they were worn mostly by monastics. Then bishops began to wear them because it was supposed remind them that their personal lives were to be lived as an aesthetic. The Christian monks were attempting to live lives similar to those who belonged to schools of prophesies in the Jewish tradition, such as Elias and Samuel.

  • 1 decade ago

    This is an EASY one to explain. All the popes are secretly orthodox Jews, which might be a surprise to most of the priesthood, and the laity as well.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Bishops wear them. I think that secretly, a lot of christians like to pretend they're Jews.

  • 1 decade ago

    Not at all, since Catholicism is an amalgamation of christianity, paganism, Judaism, etc...

  • 1 decade ago

    No.

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