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Holy Cross
The high altar in the underground Basilica of the Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen (Basílica de la Santa Cruz del Valle de…
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Chaldean Rite
A Holy Mass in the Chaldean Rite – the prayer before the breaking of the Bread.
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Card. de la Torre
His Eminence Carlos María Javier Cardinal de la Torre, the Archbishop of Quito, in a winter cappa magna.
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God, Honour, Fatherland
Partisans of the Home Army during the Holy Mass on the wilderness Wykus in the Holy Cross Mountains, September 12, 1943.
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Opus iustitiae pax
His Holiness Pope Pius XII, 259th Successor of St. Peter, at the time of prayer in the Vatican Basilica.
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Legate in Jerusalem
Welcome given to the Papal Legate in Jerusalem, the painting of James Tissot. The cardinal is sitting on a white horse in a solemn choir…
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Alms
A Franciscan friar providing alms to poor children at the gate of the monastery.
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First pope
The bronze statue of St. Peter from the Vatican Basilica in papal pontifical vestments.
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P•O•M
Holy Father Pius X, pope from August 4, 1903 to August 20, 1914. The abbreviation P•O•M visible under his name means Pontifex Optimus Maximus (Priest…
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Sapieha in Vatican
Prince Adam Stefan Stanisław Bonifacy Józef Sapieha on the day of his cardinatial creation made by Pius XII, February 18, 1946 [the source of the…
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Opening
The opening of the Holy Door of the Vatican Basilica on the day of the beginning of the XXIII Jubilee Year, December 24, 1924. Pope…
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Relics of the Passion
Relics of the Passion kept in the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem in Rome. In the top row: a fragment of the True…
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Dies Cinerum
Holy Father Benedict XVI and Guido Marini, Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations, during the Holy Mass celebrated in the Basilica of St. Sabina in Rome…
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Navis Ecclesiae
Maritime Eucharistic procession during the 7th National Eucharistic Congress in Genoa, September 1923.
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Abbess
A crosier, a pectoral cross and a stole worn in a deacon’s way by an abbess of the Cistercian Abbey of Santa María la Real…
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De ablutione pedum
Francis sanctioned the abuse he committed earlier and introduced to the rite of Mandatum an optional possibility of washing the feet not only of men…
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Versus populum
The papal legate, card. Pacelli, during the Holy Mass celebrated in the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on July 13, 1937. The throne is placed before…
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In Greek at the Vatican
Holy Mass in the Greek rite celebrated coram Summo Pontifice in the Basilica of St. Peter on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the Council…
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De Propaganda Fide
Pius XI, giving his blessing during the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Pontifical Athenaeum De Propaganda Fide. Next to the pope is standing the…
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Filius datus est nobis
Pope Paul VI during the consecration of the chalice during the Christmas night Mass celebrated in the Sistine Chapel for the diplomatic corps accredited to…
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Chorherren
Ludwig Johann Passini – Canons in St. Peter’s Church.
