Cardinals hold the red three-cornered biretta hats before a consistory inside the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, ...

As Catholic cardinals gather for a conclave to elect the next pope, we must all ask: Why are they all wearing red yarmulkes?

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the secret voting for two days so they can get to know one anot ...

Ross Douthat: The death of Pope Francis ends, or at least temporarily suspends, a tumultuous period in the life of the ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols receives his Biretta from Pope Francis at Saint Peter's Basilica on February 22, 2014 in Vatican ...

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

You'll see each cardinal wearing a red ceremonial cassock or gown, shoulder cape or Mozzeta and a Biretta, a square hat. More than 100 of them will enter the Sistine Chapel, and this is what's ...

In the same era, the scholars’ hat was the biretta. It looks kind of like a cardboard takeout box with a pom-pom stuck on top, but in black. It’s the grandfather of the beret, and also ...

"The Cardinals of Latin rite will wear the red cassock with the sash, the rochet, the mozzetta, the pectoral cross with a red and gold cord, the ring, the zucchetto and the biretta; the Cardinals of ...

Cardinals hold their red biretta hats as they sit during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, October 5, 2019. Cardinals hold their red biretta hats as they sit ...