<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cf858836-3367-4ba7-bfa6-206244a20796/508ED413-C846-47AF-B7AA-749614303AFF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/" href="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/" style="font-size: 11px;">cathcandy.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cathcandy.wordpress.com/img/DF7CB6EF-6955-4520-A95A-7C99243EC8FE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/"><P>“The ecclesiastical shoe is well known, for it has preserved the general appearance of the footwear in vogue at the beginning of the Nineteenth century and still used as part of the court dress a low patent leather shoe, or “pump” with a large buckle in front. Of course, this style of shoes cannot be worn with our modern American civilian dress, but it is quite proper to wear them on occasions when a Prelate or other clergyman appears in full ecclesiastical dress.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/"><P>There are three distinct shoes:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/"><P> <STRONG>PAPAL SLIPPERS</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cathcandy.wordpress.com/img/8CBC5740-9781-4C25-8DB4-B3E7DCECBD48" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/">The Papal slippers are not fuzzy shoes for which the pope wears to bed at night. On the other hand, they are a form of the pontifical sandals.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/"><EM>Papal Slippers of Pope John XXIII</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cathcandy.wordpress.com/img/3CA9B17F-0C65-472B-9EED-3AB7B25C2375" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/"><STRONG> PONTIFICAL SANDALS</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="200" valign="top" height="115"><IMG width="200" height="115" border="0" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/3755985461_9c1ba73509_o.jpg" /></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/">The Papal shoes are red leather outdoor shoes worn by the pope.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cathcandy.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/shoes-of-the-sheppard/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cathcandy.wordpress.com/img/C7BCAE16-1BDA-4C30-A0AD-B06E8A24F230" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; 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