Cardinal Kevin Farrell, presided over the ceremony of transferring the body of Pope Francis to St. Peter's Basilica, dressed in a red pluvial cloak - of the same set as the dalmatics of the deacons who were accompanying him - which had been worn for the last time by Benedict XVI. A red and gold ornament, very baroque
We will see if the detail of Cardinal Farrell's vestments was just the fantasy of some nostalgic sacristan, or if it is a message.
We will see Traditional or let's call it "Classic" Catholicism (so we are not jinxed by the 'friends of francis groups'), finally back, the way it belongs in the Vatican, Chair of Peter, Urbi et Orbi.
And we have not ever seen Pope Francis attired thusly as we see him now displayed in such stately (and proper) Papal vestments. No, not at any time during his entire Papacy. He shunned adherence to all such Papal protocols, rubrics, customs and traditions of dress throughout the whole of his 12 year reign. He even refused to allow his Papal Coat of Arms to be embroidered on his White fascia. But now, in his demise, those to whom he entrusted his final rites have seen to it that, at least in death and for this once, he is appropriately vested.....thank God for small mercies.