cassock
they wear the sort of clothes people in Africa wear
That depends on what they're doing. A priest normally wears a cassock or a black suit with clerical collar for his street wear. In church he would normally wear a cassock and a surplice. For some liturgical functions, he wears a stole and cope, for others, just a stole over his cassock and surplice. For Mass, he wears an alb over his cassock, with a stole, maniple, and cincture. Over all of that, he puts on a chasuble. His stole, maniple (if he is wearing one) and chasuble are all the color of the day, or sacrament that he is celebrating.
A black cassock with scarlet piping is a street cassock for a Cardinal, while his choir cassock (the one he wears for Mass and services) is scarlet colored.
They wear cotton, and only enough to cover up
contrary to popular belief, they didn't wear clothes.
Modest ones. Men wear kippahs, talleisim, and tfillin.
no the cassock goes under the chasuble
Cardinals wear things that are scarlet, including a cassock, mozzetta, biretta and zucchetto. They also sometimes wear red socks.
They wear Vestments while conducting the Divine Liturgy and the Sacraments.
The Pope emeritus will continue to wear papal white - rather than the black of an ordinary priest, or the red of a cardinal. However it will be a simple cassock, with none of the flamboyant hats and vestments..AnswerAs noted above, the Benedict, beginning tomorrow afternoon will wear his white cassock WITHOUT the Pellegrina. He will also no longer wear the red shoes of the fisherman, his ring will be destroyed so he will no longer be wearing that as well.
people in the united states wear clothing influenced by many different cultures