cassock
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Although Leo is more inscrutable than Francis, Catholics are beginning to get a better sense of the man beneath the cassock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
On Wednesday, he wore a White Sox hat along with his traditional papal cassock while blessing newly married couples in St. Peter’s Square outside the Vatican.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
I suggested that she try to imagine something happening to the devil, perhaps his foot tripping over his cassock or something else.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 5, 2023
“Lord have mercy,” the priest chanted as he blessed the bodies of fallen Russian soldiers with incense, his cassock buffeted by a freezing wind.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
The priest was an immense, gray-bearded man, wearing a black cassock, with a crow dæmon on his shoulder.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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