Russian Orthodox cross is also called just Orthodox cross. At the same time the Orthodox churches use different crosses and any of them is called "Orthodox cross". Moreover, there are no such crosses like just "Orthodox" or "Catholic", each type of cross is a feature of local tradition. The cross has three horizontal crossbeams — the top one represents the plate which in the older Greek tradition is inscribed with a phrase based on John's Gospel "The King of Glory", but in later images it represents , and the bottom one, a footrest. In many depictions, the side to Christ's right is higher.
Papal Mass of the offices of the papal court previously required for the celebration of the papal Mass. Soon after his coronation, Paul VI ceased using the papal tiara. He discontinued the use of many traditional features of papal dress, including the papal slippers and pontifical gloves. However, he did carry a distinctive form of papal ferula, silver in colour, which Pope John Paul II also used. Pope Benedict XVI carried a golden ferula with a central image of the Lamb of God and without a figure of Christ crucified. On certain occasions, Pope John Paul II, and Benedict XVI wore the