At 89 Via Borgo Pio, located a few steps from Porta Santa Anna leading to the Vatican, is Mancinelli Clergy, the iconic shop that embodies the history and tradition of ecclesiastical tailoring in Rome ...

Mancinelli hand-makes lightweight wool cassocks, sashes and zucchettos - Copyright AFP Peter PARKS Mancinelli hand-makes lightweight wool cassocks, sashes and ...

ROME -- Two papal tailors and no conclave orders. The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46½ years for which the Vatican hasn't ordered a set of ...

ROME — Two papal tailors and no conclave orders. The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the Vatican hasn't ordered a set of ...

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the Sistine Chapel's sacristy and puts on "the garments that are appropriate to him." That's ...

ROME — Two papal tailors and no conclave orders. The conclave that began Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46½ years for which the Vatican hasn’t ordered a set of ...

The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the Vatican hasn't ordered a new cassock for the new head of the Catholic Church.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROME (AP) — Two papal tailors and no ...