As such, I assumed that only the very rich, such as kings and nobles, could afford the crimson robes. As princes of the church, cardinals have often had the funds to enjoy a better lifestyle than the average parish priest. The official reason why Catholic cardinals wear red robes is that the color signifies the blood of Christ. One might presume from this that they wish to associate themselves with the Passion of Christ. The avian cardinal is native to the New World and was unknown to the medieval world that invented the Sacred College of Cardinals.
Only when European settlers came to the Americas and saw the bright red bird was the name given. Only the pope may make a man a cardinal, so while the pope cannot choose his successor, he does appoint the men who will choose the next pope.
So the longer a pope remains in office, the more influence he has on who will come after him. Of the some cardinals who elected him, only four were at the next conclave, which chose Benedict XVI, and so we are not amazed that Pope Benedict was very similar in his views to St. John Paul. The history of the cardinals goes back more than 1, years. From the earliest days, the popes in the their capacity as bishop of Rome appointed the Roman clergy and consulted them.
The senior Roman clergy therefore had a great deal of influence on church policy and politics. They could open the doors to the pope, like hinges on a door. News International Canada.
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February 13, The wearing of red clothing by cardinals, according to some accounts, arose from a medieval custom in Lyons, France, where the canons of the cathedral wore red to distinguish themselves from other clergy. In time, probably in the late Middle Ages or very early Renaissance, the cardinals of the Church came to wear red, undoubtedly as a means to distinguish themselves from other clerics. The purple worn by bishops today is not a true purple, but rather a magenta color. Is it incorrect to suggest that bishops wear purple in imitation of the sufferings of Jesus, or that cardinals wear red in witness of their willingness to die for the Faith?
No, certainly not, but these pious explanations came centuries after the colors actually began to be worn by bishops and cardinals. Perhaps not the original reasons for selecting these colors, they are today the reasons these colors remain in use. Bishops and cardinals attend a session of the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican.
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