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Card. Pecci
Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci (1810 – 1903), Cardinal Priest of the church of San Crisogono in Trastevere, bishop of Perugia in the years 1846…
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Corpus Christi at St. Germain’s
Lancelot Théodore Turpin de Crissé (1782 – 1859) – The Royal Fête-Dieu procession at St. Germain-L’Auxerrois, oil on canvas. The red colour of the vestments…
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Card. Sembratowycz
Sylwestr Sembratowycz (1836 – 1898), Greek Catholic priest, graduate of the Greek College in Rome, auxiliary bishop of Lviv in 1879-1885, metropolitan archbishop of the…
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Armenian Synod in Rome
Bishops and other clergymen of the Armenian Catholic Church during the synod held in Rome in 1911 under the leadership of Patriarch Boghos Bédros (Paul…
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Chinese altar servers
Chinese altar servers in liturgical vestments with characteristic headgear, which, based on the papal privilege, was used in the Middle Kingdom from the beginning of…
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A brief legal analysis of “Traditionis custodes”
We present to you a legal analysis of the Apostolic Letter issued motu proprio Traditions Custodes written by a priest, a friend of our website,…
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De bello liturgico
Three weeks have passed since the Apostolic Letter was issued, introducing new regulations of the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass. The document once again…
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Wawel monstrance
17th-century baroque monstrance donated by Michał Oborski, auxiliary bishop of Kraków. According to legend, the cross on it, set with diamonds, was supposed to belong…
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Msgr Gromier
Fr. Léon Gromier (1879-1965) in a ferraiolo, shoes with buckles and a saturno. He was one of the greatest liturgists of the 20th century, a…
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De causa Cardinalis Gulbinowicz
A few days ago the Apostolic nunciature in Poland issued a statement regarding the investigation into the accusations towards card. Henryk Gulbinowicz, a former metropolitan…
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Diplomat-abbot
Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949) dressed as a Chinese diplomat and in abbot’s pontifical vestments. Born in a Chinese Protestant family, he made a career in diplomacy:…
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Quebec
Adoro te devote, latens Deitas, quae sub his figuris vere latitas: tibi se cor meum totum subiicit, quia te contemplans totum deficit. Family kneeling in…
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Retablo Mayor de Sevilla
The largest reredos in the world which is located in the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See in Seville. It was designed in 1482…
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Mass in the ruins
Holy Mass celebrated in the ruins of the Church of St. Casimir the Prince on the New Town Square in Warsaw, which belongs to the…
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Cardinal’s Requiem
The funeral Mass for the soul of the deceased cardinal celebrated in the presence of His Holiness John XXIII in the Basilica of St. Peter…
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Holyoke
Bishop Christopher Joseph Weldon, Ordinary of the diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, after the dedication ceremony of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Holyoke,…
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Sacramentum dedicationis
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French bands
Louis-Ernest cardinal Dubois, archbishop of Paris, in a zimarra and ferraiolo of silk moire, assisted by bp. Charles Gibier, ordinary of the diocese of Versailles,…
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Paschal Pius
His Holiness Pius XII in a paschal choir dress, i.e. in a white damask mozzetta and stole, and slippers of the same colour, descending from…
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Gregory XVI paschally
Holy Father Gregory XVI in a paschal choir dress, i.e. in a white damask mozzetta lined with ermine, same camauro and white stole. Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari…
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Bp. Butt
Joseph Butt, titular bishop of Alexandretta, i.e. Alexandria Minor, until 1933 called in Annuario Pontificio Cambysopolis, auxiliary bishop of Westminster, while putting incense during the…
