Later, following the example of his immediate predecessors, these were changed to plain red leather papal shoes.

He also ceased wearing red papal shoes.

The Papal shoes were the red leather outdoor shoes worn by the Pope.

The pope traditionally wore the slippers inside the papal residence, while red leather papal shoes were worn outdoors.

His pallium was thrown at his feet by a subdeacon, and his papal shoes were cut off his feet.

Traditionally, he wears special red satin or velvet Papal slippers indoors, and red leather Papal shoes outdoors.

The Papal shoes were traditionally red, though Pope John Paul II would sometimes wear black or brown leather shoes.

The episcopal sandals should not be confused with the red papal shoes, which were recently reinstated by Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope Benedict XVI restored the use of the red outdoor papal shoes, similar to those worn by Paul VI.

The papal shoes, along with the camauro, papal mozzetta, and cloak (tabarro), are the only remnants of the former red color of the papal garments.

The buskins can be worn over the episcopal sandals, regular dress socks with regular dress shoes, or over the red papal shoes worn by the Pope.

Pope Benedict XVI restored the use of the traditional red Papal shoes, but Pope Francis has reverted to black shoes.

Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II were buried in the red leather papal shoes.

After 1958, Pope John XXIII added gold buckles to the outdoor papal shoes, making them similar to the red shoes worn by cardinals outside of Rome.

He will keep wearing his distinctive white cassock without the mozzetta and without the red papal shoes, opting to wear a pair of brown shoes he received during a state visit to Mexico.

Pope Benedict XVI resumed the use of the traditional red papal shoes, which had not been used since early in the pontificate of Pope John Paul II.

Pope Benedict XVI restored the use of the red papal shoes, which were provided by his personal cobbler, Adriano Stefanelli from Novara, who has several pictures and documents in his shoe-shop attesting the fact.

They will say that it is an obsequious kissing of the ruby-red papal shoes, a shameful genuflection, the like of which has not been seen since the Holy Roman emperor grovelled to the Pope at Canossa in 1077.

The papal shoes evolved as the outdoor counterpart of the papal slippers, which are similar to the episcopal sandals, except that the papal slippers are worn by the Pope outside of liturgical functions and are always red.

Pope Paul VI discontinued the use of the papal slippers but continued to wear the red outdoor papal shoes, which were abandoned by Pope John Paul II in favour of cordovan brown leather walking shoes made in his native Poland.