[ELS]

"ostentation" was Rocco's choice of word(s). Benedict XVI has already brought back some of "the fun stuff" - the (velvet) camauro and mozzetta. However, he has also gotten rid of some traditional stuff as well - the tiara, both in the coat of arms and in the "coronation" ceremony.

[jecIIny]

The Tiara and the coronation both died with the pontificate of John Paul I+ who scandalously (at the time) refused them. In many respects it could be argued that it died well before then, since Paul VI+ had declined to wear the Tiara from around the time the council ended. The Sedia Gestatoria died with John Paul II+. One of the few times he ever publicly scolded someone was when a spectator at one of his public audiences in St. Peter's Square shouted "we want you on the sedia!" John Paul's face took on a grave expression and he wagged his finger at the man and said "NO! Never the Sedia Gestatoria!" All Benedict+ has done is to remove the Tiara from the coat of arms. In general I think Benedict+ has brought back a lot of the traditions of the papacy.