chasuble

After the service, Francis's body — dressed in a red chasuble and a damask and golden papal mitre — will be transported to the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome for burial.

She gets out her white alb and her ornately embroidered chasuble, garments worn by Catholic priests around the world.

It featured around 30 garments including liturgical capes known as chasubles embroidered with gold and silver thread.

His fabulously bumpy, folded “Vase” — one of the show’s openers — resembles a priest’s chasuble with a mind of its own.

The strong colors of the pope’s two robes, known as chasubles, are not just to ensure he’s visible from a distance - they also convey meaning.