Beneath the simar, which is a cassock with a shoulder cape (also known as a house cassock) the Pope customarily wears modified regular streetclothes. A collarless white button-front shirt, and a pair of white trousers hemmed to about mid calf as to not show under the simar, red shoes and white socks.
Popes customarily wear a white zucchetto and that included Pope John XXIII.
The pope does not wear a yamaka, he wears a white zucchetto. A Zucchetto is a small round skullcape worn by all prelates in the Catholic Church; white for the pope, red for cardinals, purpose for bishops, and black for abbots. Other priests may also wear a black zucchetto.
The pope wear white to symbolize he's Christ's vicar on Earth.
The tradition of the Pope wearing a white Cassock started with Pope Pius V who was a Dominican, and instead of adopting the red worn by previous Popes, he continued to wear his Dominican Habit [with the distinctions of his Office, of course] Each level of the Church's hierarchy has its traditional color: popes wear white, cardinals wear red, bishops wear violet and priests wear black.
The Holy Father wears a white cassock with a white cincture, and a white shoulder cape. Some popes have been known to wear red shoes, which dates back centuries, Pope Benedict XVI wore them, Pope Francis does not. Popes also wear a white zucchetto. See photo attached below.
.Catholic AnswerThe most noticeable thing associated with the Pope is, of course, his robes. Priests wear black choir cassocks, bishops wear purple, and cardinals wear red. The Pope wears white, this is because many years ago a Dominican was elected pope and he continued to wear his white habit, thus establishing a new custom. His zucchetta is also white. He usually carries a crozier with a crucifix on it, instead of the shepherd's hook that bishop's carry. Rome has been the home of the Pope since St. Peter moved there in the first century, and the Vatican has been particularly associated with him since very early on, when St. Peter's Basilica was built there. The first record we have of a Pope building a residence adjacent to St. Peter's is Pope Symmachus (498-514).
The pope's fisherman's hat is called a "zucchetto." It is a skullcap worn by the Pope and other high-ranking clergy members in the Catholic Church. The white zucchetto is typically worn by the Pope, while cardinals wear red ones.
Priests rarely wear the zucchetto, or skull cap. It is primarily worn by bishops, archbishops, cardinals and the pope. Each being distinguished by the color - bishops and archbishops wear violet, cardinals red and the pope white. A priest would wear black.
Yes, the colors he wears as Mass vestments depends upon the liturgical season.
The Pope emeritus will continue to wear papal white - rather than the black of an ordinary priest, or the red of a cardinal. However it will be a simple cassock, with none of the flamboyant hats and vestments..AnswerAs noted above, the Benedict, beginning tomorrow afternoon will wear his white cassock WITHOUT the Pellegrina. He will also no longer wear the red shoes of the fisherman, his ring will be destroyed so he will no longer be wearing that as well.
The "Papal shoes" are the shoes the Pope wears outdoors. Traditionally they were plain red Morocco leather. This is consistent with the color of the Papal Slippers the Pope used to wear indoors (which were red silk or velvet). The current Pope, Pope Francis, has chosen to wear simple black shoes, forgoing the tradition for his papacy.
Priests wear black colored tunics. This color was chosen to represent the hierarchy of clergy members. For example, the pope wears white, bishops wear amaranth red, and cardinals wear scarlet red.