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AP PHOTOS: Papal tailors prepare for transition
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Italian tailor Raniero Mancinelli, 87, prepares the white fabric to create suits, in three different sizes, to be taken to the Vatican in the hope that it might be worn by the new pope, at his shop in Rome, Thursday April 24, 2025. - photo by AP Photo/Bernat Armangue
ROME, Italy (AP) — As cardinals gather in Rome for the start next week of the conclave, where they will vote for the successor to Pope Francis, two longtime papal tailors are also pondering the transition. There are no clear frontrunners for pontiffs — unsurprisingly, given the secretive nature of a process that is supposed to be more about inspiration from the Holy Spirit than politicking. And the tailors said they haven't received orders yet to make different-sized cassocks.