Here is a list of the garments you may see the new pope wearing once he steps out onto the central balcony of St. Peter’s ...

It’s a busy time at Mancinelli Clergy, the iconic shop that embodies the history and tradition of ecclesiastical tailoring in ...

Gammarelli, another family-run ecclesiastical tailor near the Pantheon in the historic center, has a paper trail showing it ...

Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, appeared from the balcony of St. Peter's wearing one of the elements of the papal vestments ...

Pope Leo XIV adorned a bright red shoulder cover and ornate stole during his introduction on May 8, a contrast from Pope ...

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...

The last time no pre-conclave order came in to the Vatican’s tailor of choice, Gammarelli, was October 1978, when cardinal electors voted a successor to Pope John Paul I, who died after 33 days as ...

PATHANAMTHITTA: A clergyman from Pathanamthitta district is set to tend to new flock by joining the Indian Army as a ...

Tucked just behind the Pantheon is a tailor with a big claim: They dress the pope.

The cassock, or talare in Italian, gets its name from the fact that it is meant to brush the taloni — the heels. That hasn't changed. But pure silk, he says, has mostly fallen out of favour.

Sitting by his sewing machine and surrounded by photographs capturing his encounters with various popes, Mancinelli explained with a thick Roman accent that he always makes three sizes. Raniero ...