Thai convent weaves silk robes for Pope Francis visit

Newly made chasubles for Pope Francis are seen at Catholic preparatory school in Bangkok, Thailand

Seamstresses from the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sisters of Bangkok snip and sew at a preparatory school in Bangkok, Thailand.

A 11-member team of Sisters have been racing the clock, 10 hours a day, stitching almost 200 ceremonial garments for Pope Francis and accompanying bishops for Pope Francis four-day visit to Thailand later this month.

Sister Sukanya Sukchai adjusts newly made chasubles at Catholic preparatory school in Bangkok, Thailand

Sisters pack after they made chasubles for Pope Francis and bishops at Catholic preparatory school in Bangkok, Thailand.

The visit's organizers say the gold and white symbolize innocence and joyfulness, while the red represents love and the blood of martyrs.

Seamstresses from the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sisters of Bangkok have been working tirelessly, running up the ceremonial garments Pope Francis will wear during his four-day visit to Thailand later this month.

Sister Sukanya Sukchai adjusts a newly made ceremonial garments at a Catholic preparatory school in Bangkok

Sister Sukanya Sukchai shows a newly made chasubles for Pope Francis at Catholic preparatory school in Bangkok, Thailand

A woman works as she makes chasubles for Pope Francis and bishops at Catholic preparatory school in Bangkok, Thailand.