prada next to godliness?

"The pope ... does not wear Prada, but Christ." That's the statement by the Vatican's newspaper in response to years of speculation that Pope Benedict XVI wears red shoes made by the fashion house Prada. Above, the pontiff wears the loafers in question during his U.S. trip in April.



Benedict wears a red velvet cape trimmed in white ermine during his end-of-year speech to cardinals at the Vatican in December 2005. In 2007, Esquire magazine named the 81-year-old Roman Catholic leader "accessorizer of the year" and included him on its best-dressed list.
genius.