While on a pilgrimage to Rome, Dickinson high schooler Asher Ellerkamp enacted a detailed plan called ‘Operation Little ...

He reached out, took the zucchetto, and placed his own into my hands. When the world learned of Pope Francis’ passing, a quiet grief swept through the Philippines.

I just wanted to make sure everyone at home knew that we did not turn on our team. It was all in joke and good fun.” ...

The Italian heritage group gifted Pope Leo the hat, and he quickly swapped it out from his traditional zucchetto (the official name for those holy skullcaps).

Pope Francis' zucchetto sits next to Karen Cole's bouquet in a keepsake box. On June 19, 2019, Karen's husband, Matthew, traded zucchettos with Francis during a Papal Audience held in St. Peter's ...

Pumpkin hats Pope Francis, wearing a white mitre, puts a red biretta over a newly minted cardinal’s zucchetto. Photo by Getty Images. The official name for the kippah-like hat is a pileolus, but ...

Pope Paul VI in 1968 made the use of the zucchetto mandatory for members of the hierarchy, although other clerics, including priests, may use it. The pope’s zucchetto is white.

The Zucchetto that was blessed by Pope Francis on display at St. Sebastian Catholic Church on April 21, 2025. Daniel Allan with the Zucchetto that was blessed by Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV's debut wardrobe was different than Francis'. Here's what changed. During his introduction to the world in 2013, Pope Francis wore all white, communicating his desire for "simplicity ...

Two Pope Leo bobbleheads were unveiled by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum. ... the traditional garment of the papacy, a pectoral cross and a white zucchetto.