Te Deum 2010
Holy Father Benedict XVI descending from the steps of the throne, assisted by two papal masters of ceremonies, St. Peter’s Basilica in …
Canon Thiébaux
Father Georges Thiébaux (1880-1961), honorary canon of the Nancy cathedral, in a winter choir dress with a chapter cross on a ribbon …
Gregory the Great
Pedro Berruguete – Saint Gregory the Pope.
FSSPX
In the photo one can see a beautiful set of vestments used during priestly ordination performed by Bishop Alfons de Galarreta on …
First Chinese bishops
Holy Father Pius XI, in the centre, in pontifical vestments with a spread train of his cassock, at the consecration during a …
Stephanus Cardinalis Wyszyński
Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, metropolitan archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and the Primate of Poland in the years 1948–1981; from 1953 cardinal priest …
Stanisławów
The clergy of Eastern Catholic rites, the Byzantine and Armenian ones, during the procession preceding the coronation of the miraculous image of …
The crisis and the renewal
Some time ago I got a book of Peter Kwasniewski entitled Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis: Sacred Liturgy, the Traditional Latin …
Corpus Christi in Lisbon
The procession of Corpus Christi leaving the Cathedral of Saint Mary Major, led by the Patriarch of Lisbon, José Sebastião Cardinal Neto …
Korčula
A Corpus Christi procession in Korčula, a city located on the island of the same name in the southern part of Dalmatia, …
Grand Master Chigi
His Most Eminent Highness Fra’ Ludovico Chigi della Rovere Albani Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint …
Ioannes Paulus II
In the early years of his pontificate, during the term of office of two Masters of Pontifical Ceremonies, Virgilio Noè (behind the …
In albis
His Holiness John XXIII in the Paschal choir dress, albeit incomplete. In the Easter Octave the Pope was dressed all in white: …
Altare Cathedrae Sancti Petri
The Altar of the Cathedral located in the apse of the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican captured, presumably, in a …
Pietrowice Śląskie
Easter horse procession in Pietrowice Śląskie, 1984; photo by Krzysztof Niedenthal. The cavalcade sets off from the parish church of Saints Vitus, Modest …
Trappists from Kentucky
The chant of the Passion of the Lord according to St. Matthew on Sunday in Ramis Palmarum at the Abbey of Our …
Holy Nail
Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Archbishop of Milan, giving blessings with the reliquary of the Nail in 1938, probably on May 3, the …
Cross of Mathilda
Cross of Mathilda, a processional crux gemmata commissioned by Teofano, the abbess of the canoness’ monastery in Essen, in honor of her …
Oecumenismus sicut socialismus
On the website of Gość Niedzielny, a popular Catholic magazine, there has appeared an article of Marcin Jakimowicz with a telling title …
Benedictines from Krzeszów
Nuns from the Benedictine convent in Krzeszów during a choir prayer in the monastery chapel. In the centre, on a platform, you …
Consistory 1953
Pope Pius XII in the Throne Room of the Vatican Palace, surrounded by newly created cardinals after the ceremony of handing over …