As white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, two historic Roman tailoring houses have already prepared custom cassocks for the next pope.

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 ...

Richard Bozzelli changed careers and struck a chord. At 33, he left his job as a high-powered government attorney and became ...

In fact, for that unrepeatable moment, most new popes wear mostly red. They wear the white cassock reserved for the Roman pontiff. But over the white cassock they also typically wear a white ...

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