In the lead-up to Pope Leo XIV’s election, there was much speculation about how the new pontiff would compare to his ...

Newly elected Pope Benedict XVI has asked the world to pray for him ... Clad in white papal vestments and a short red cape, the 78-year-old then delivered his first blessing to the city of Rome ...

In recent days, many have swung by central Rome’s famed tailors before the conclave to browse and buy refined clerical vestments ... a cheap light wool. Pope Benedict XVI used more elegant ...

Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of faithful in bidding farewell to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass ... Wearing the crimson vestments typical of papal funerals, Francis opened the service ...

As the papal conclave ends with the emergence of white smoke from the Sistine Chapel to signify the selection of a new pope, tailors are creating the papal vestments — the pope's official attire.

The new Pope will don the white vestments as he addresses an expected ... and has dressed three different Popes: John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis. Meanwhile, Cardinal Paolo Romeo ...