Pope doesn’t walk on Prada
The devil may wear Prada -- but the pope does not.
According to the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, the bright red loafers that Pope Benedict XVI wears are not designed by the Milanese fashion house, as has long been rumored.
“Obviously the attribution was false,” the Vatican newspaper said in its Thursday editions.
L’Osservatore Romano said the pope’s interest in clothes has nothing to do with fashion and everything to do with liturgy -- what symbolism traditional garments can bring to the Christian liturgy.
“The pope, therefore, does not wear Prada, but Christ,” L’Osservatore said.
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