Religious Orders Religious orders are orders for professed religious, e.g., monks, nuns, sisters, friars. Some well-known examples of these orders are the Franciscans, the Benedictines, and the Marians. Members of these orders serve in a spiritual capacity rather than a temporal one. While some orders cloister their members, some also function in the community, serving the poor, etc. There are also a number of religious confraternities and archconfraternities. These are Catholic orders with varying degrees of independence and varying purposes. Most seem to maintain charity as one of their principle goals. Members are generally called Confrères (gentlemen) or Consoeurs (ladies). The confraternities may gen-erally be identified by their habit, which typically includes a distinctive mozzetta. The mozzetta is the shoulder cape also worn by Bishops and Cardinals. The mozzetta of a confraternity is in a color and often has a cross distinctive to that confraternity. It is worn over a cassock or similar garment. Main Page | Supreme Pontiff | Members | Papal Orders Christian Orders | Religious Orders | Links INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, AND DISCLAIMER: The Legal Disclaimer for the Royal College of Papal Knights in the Americas. The Royal College of Papal Knights in the Americas is a non-profit religious corporation dba in the United States of America. This website in its entirety is the Intellectual Property of the Royal College of Papal Knights in the Americas. The information, text, photos, documents, and media in any form whatsoever contained in this website is International and United States Copyright and Trademark Protected. No part of this website, may be copied, shared, or transferred without specific, written permission of the Royal College of Papal Knights in the Americas. The unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, or alteration of this website is Unlawful and Violation is Subject to possible Civil and Criminal Penalties. The Royal College of Papal Knights in the Americas, and its members are not and will not be liable for any direct, special, indirect, or consequential damages arising from alteration of the contents of this website by a third party or as a result of any malicious code transferred to a third party by virtue of visiting this website. Crown, International, and United States Copyright Held © 2008, All Rights Reserved.