How I ended up with the cap that belonged to Pope Pius XII
Family Fortunes: Moved by her story, his Holiness placed it on Katie’s mantilla-covered head
The Pope’s cap: He told her that she was more deserving of the cap than he was
Recently while out walking, a lady asked if she could borrow “The Pope’s Cap”, explaining that her infant granddaughter was seriously ill in hospital and that she would love to put the cap on the child’s head. This is a small buckskin skull cap or zucchetto. It has become discoloured over the years and it has almost lost its shape but it once belonged to Pope Pius XII.