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
The cardinal - in red mozzetta and cassock - is shown blessing the body of the late Pope during the rite of the declaration of death.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 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
Six feet one and heavyset, with a slight stoop and closely cropped white hair, Moretta favors black button-down shirts or white guayaberas when not in his priestly cassock.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2023
At that point he threw up his hands in annoyance but then sat forward and smoothed out the folds of his cassock.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
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