Raniero Mancinelli, whose shop opened in the 1960s just steps from the Vatican, has prepared three cassocks in different sizes for the new pontiff. "Tres size... Small medium, large," the 86-year ...

Raniero Mancinelli, whose shop opened in the 1960s just steps from the Vatican, has prepared three cassocks in different sizes for the new pontiff. "Tres size... Small medium, large," the 86-year ...

Alb: A long white linen vestment with sleeves, it symbolizes the purity of heart that the priest brings to the altar.

Behind a time-worn wooden counter, surrounded by tall glass cases displaying all kinds of religious articles — cassocks ... explained with a thick Roman accent that he always makes three ...

Mancinelli hand-makes lightweight wool cassocks, sashes and zucchettos ... The ecclesiastical tailor, who dresses Roman Catholic bishops, priests and seminarians as well as popes, is rushed ...

The ecclesiastical tailor, who dresses Roman Catholic bishops ... by chance after being offered the job one day of making cassocks for the Vatican. The workshop is lined with photographs of ...