US EditionPapal tailors don’t expect order for new cassocks for next pope
- Two well-known Roman ecclesiastical tailors, Gammarelli and Mancinelli, will not receive official cassock orders for the upcoming papal conclave starting May 7, 2025.
- This breaks a century-long tradition because the Vatican has not placed pre-conclave cassock orders since the 1978 conclave, a decision possibly linked to the availability of unworn cassocks and sustainability concerns.
- Mancinelli is independently creating three simple white cassocks in varied sizes as a gift, mirroring Pope Francis' unadorned style, while Gammarelli is offering a similar set but has not been commissioned.
- Lorenzo Gammarelli, who has tailored for multiple recent popes, said, "Not this time," expressing regret about not preparing the new pope's trousseau but declined to speculate on the Vatican's reasons.
- The absence of official orders suggests the next, 267th pontiff might continue Francis's simpler papal vestment approach or might revive traditional garments, a choice to be revealed after the "Habemus Papam!" announcement.
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Two tailors, no order: Papal cassocks go unsummoned ahead of conclave
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 cassocks for the new head of the Catholic Church—at least from the two best-known papal tailors. That isn’t stopping Ranieri Mancinelli, who opened his ecclesiastical tailoring shop near the Vatican in the 1960s, from making three simple white cassocks just…
Papal tailors don’t expect order for new cassocks for next pope
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 cassocks for the new head of the Catholic Church — at least from the two best-known papal tailors. That isn’t stopping Ranieri Mancinelli, who opened his ecclesiastical tailoring shop near the Vatican in the 1960s, from making three simple white cas…
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