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    Spiritual Leader, Fashion Icon: Pope Francis' Personal Style Inspiring Cardinals

    The pope's personal style — which earned him Esquire magazine's "Best Dressed Man of 2013" award — and his broader message of charity and lack of excess will be put to the test when he places the three-cornered red silk biretta on the heads of 19 new "princes of the church" being inducted into the College of Cardinals. 

  • Pope Francis leaves after the first session of an extraordinary consistory in the Synod hall at the Vatican City, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.
  • Raniero Mancinelli shows a cheaper sample of lace material in his tailor shop in Rome, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014. Mancinelli is putting the finishing touches on outfits commissioned by several of the new cardinals.
  • A metal pectoral cross just like the one Pope Francis wears is displayed in Raniero Mancinelli's tailor shop in Rome, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014.
  • FILE -- In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
  • Raniero Mancinelli holds up a metal pectoral cross just like the one Pope Francis wears, next to a gold-plated one, in his tailor shop in Rome, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014.
  • Raniero Mancinelli holds a cheaper sample of lace material, left, as a more expensive hand-made one is seen on the counter, at his tailor shop in Rome, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014.
  • Raniero Mancinelli shows a cardinal's skull cap in his tailor shop in Rome, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014.
  • Published
    7 Images

    Spiritual Leader, Fashion Icon: Pope Francis' Personal Style Inspiring Cardinals

    The pope's personal style — which earned him Esquire magazine's "Best Dressed Man of 2013" award — and his broader message of charity and lack of excess will be put to the test when he places the three-cornered red silk biretta on the heads of 19 new "princes of the church" being inducted into the College of Cardinals. 

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  • Spiritual Leader, Fashion Icon: Pope Francis' Personal Style Inspiring Cardinals
  • Pope Francis leaves after the first session of an extraordinary consistory in the Synod hall at the Vatican City, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.
  • Raniero Mancinelli shows a cheaper sample of lace material in his tailor shop in Rome, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014. Mancinelli is putting the finishing touches on outfits commissioned by several of the new cardinals.
  • A metal pectoral cross just like the one Pope Francis wears is displayed in Raniero Mancinelli's tailor shop in Rome, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014.
  • FILE -- In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
  • Raniero Mancinelli holds up a metal pectoral cross just like the one Pope Francis wears, next to a gold-plated one, in his tailor shop in Rome, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014.
  • Raniero Mancinelli holds a cheaper sample of lace material, left, as a more expensive hand-made one is seen on the counter, at his tailor shop in Rome, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014.
  • Raniero Mancinelli shows a cardinal's skull cap in his tailor shop in Rome, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014.