Specifically, when most women meet the pope, strict protocol requires them to wear black and a veil. At Pope Leo XIV's inauguration Mass, Spain's Queen Letizia stood out in snow-white. She is one of ...

Maria Laura Antonelli via Vatican Pool/Getty; Shutterstock Some of the royal women who attended Pope Leo ... black — just as Princess Sophie did. The royal women who hold "the privilege of the ...

Pope Leo XIV was ... with nude heels, a white top-handle bag, and dangling diamond-and-pearl earrings. Anadolu//Getty Images While it is traditional for women to wear black for most visits to ...

Queen Letizia of Spain was seen wearing white during a private visit with Pope Francis back in June 2014 — and of course, Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration wasn’t any different. At the ceremony ...

At Pope Leo XIV's inauguration, Princess Charlene, Queen Letizia, and Queen Mathilde wore white, a rare privilege ... Typically, women are required to wear black attire with a high collar, long ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration ceremony took place in Vatican City earlier today. Many were in attendance, and as tradition goes — when a person is in the presence of a pope, they dress in black ...

Today, it resides in Washington, D.C. Instead, Leo dons the pallium, a white band embroidered with six black silk crosses, made by Benedictine nuns from blessed lambswool. Fastened with pins ...

Some women are permitted to wear white ... gray and black and included a boat neckline. U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance attend the inaugural outdoor mass of Pope Leo XIV ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed ... While most wore black, a handful of Catholic royals — Queen Letizia of Spain and Princess Charlene of Monaco, among others — wore white in a ...

Attending the inauguration of Pope Leo ... white', which allows only a few Catholic queens and consorts to wear white in the presence of the Pope, where all other women are required to wear black.

Twelve years later, they’re once again among the royals at an inauguration of a new pontiff: This time for Pope Leo XIV ... Queen Letizia wore white, as one of only seven women in the ...