Raniero Mancinelli, the tailor of the popes, who is preparing to dress the new pontiff

Raniero Mancinelli, the tailor of the popes, who is preparing to dress the new pontiff

The new pope elected in the conclave that begins on May 7, who will be presented to the world from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, will wear one of the three garments that Raniero Mancinelli has on the table in his small workshop on Via Borgo Pio in Rome, just a stone’s throw from the Vatican. This 86-year-old tailor, who refuses to retire, is currently working at a frantic pace to make the next pontiff’s white robe. He is preparing it, as tradition dictates, in three different sizes for practical reasons: the build of Francis’s successor is unknown.

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