just the devil, not the pope, in prada

History is ripe with well-dressed Catholics. Jack and Jackie, Daphne Guiness, Jean D’Arc, French people as a genre…

Last year Esquire magazine published a best dressed list that named Pope Benedict II it’s “Accessorizer of the Year” for donning red Prada loafers with his Papal habit. And while, yes, it’s been a year (we all know Italians aren’t known for their punctuality) the Vatican newspaper L’Obsservatore recently stepped out of the shadowy marble corridors to clear the air. Catholics aren’t always known for their modesty, true, but sometimes adornment is not always favorable and one’s thoughts should be directed toward the good lord, or so I hear. Anyway that’s what the paper had to say: “The pope, therefore, does not wear Prada, but Christ.”

While Prada recently confirmed Linda Evangelista as the face of their Fall ad campaign, Christ still has the Pope as his spokesmodel. And round and round the hype machine goes.

{Source: Morning Edition this morning. Go figure! Photo: Esquire.com}