People worldwide watch St. Peter's Square for white smoke from the Sisten Chapel. Once the smoke comes out, what happens next? Yes, the cardinal electors have chosen a new pope, but there's a process before the new pontiff greets the faithful. Here's what ...

For more than 70 years, Raniero Mancinelli has sewn and shaped the vestments of the successors of St. Peter. Raniero Mancinelli, now 86, reflects on dressing four popes and the renewed interest in the symbolism of papal vestments. (photo: Daniel Ibáñez ...

Vestments worn by Pope Leo XIV and his concelebrants July 9 at the first Mass "for the care of creation" were made by a firm in his hometown of Chicago. The pope celebrated the inaugural liturgy — the formulary, or specific texts and prayers, for which ...

ROME — Three hours after Pope Leo XIV was elected the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church, his friend Lisa Solava emailed him from her home in southwest suburban New Lenox, where she and her husband, Rich, were panic packing for a flight to Rome the ...

Jewelry’s role in the rituals of power are well documented if still underestimated. Goldsmith Roberto Franchi, who was commissioned along his brother Claudio to make the gold Fisherman’s Ring worn by Pope Benedict XVI when he was elected in 2005.