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Entrance
The entrance procession into Vatican Basilica, during which the Holy Father Pius XII is carried on the sedia gestatoria with two fans carried on both sides and…
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Card. Gasparri in Monte Cassino
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri sitting on the throne during a solemn pontifical Mass celebrated in the Abbey of Monte Cassino. The Master of Ceremonies visible on…
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Cardinal Ratzinger
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger after finishing the celebration of the Pontifical High Mass celebrated according to the Vetus Ordo in Weimar, in the year of Our…
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Non semper idem
Monsignor Alfredo Ottaviani smiling.
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Bertrand du Pouget
A shot from the film adaptation of Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose showing the papal legate, Cardinal Bertrand du Pouget.
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Il principe di Dio
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli.
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Ordinatio sacerdotalis
Priestly ordinations in the archcathedral in Warsaw performed by archbishop Stefan cardinal Wyszyński.
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Petrvs
Petrvs – Πέτρος – כיפא
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Lyonese Rite – Gloria
Pontifical Mass in the Lyonese Rite while singing Gloria.
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Corpus Domini
Ferdinando Cavalleri – Corpus Christi Procession with Pope Gregory XVI in the Vatican.
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Sanctissimum
The exposition of the Blessed Sacrament during the Forty Hours Devotion in the London’s Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Brompton Oratory).
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Corpus Christi at St. Mark’s
A Corpus Christi procession at St. Mark’s Square in Venice.
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Corpus Christi in Paris
A Corpus Christi procession coming out of the church of St. Mary Magdalene in Paris, A.D. 1951. It is difficult to deny the charm of…
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Corpus Christi in Vatican
A Corpus Christi procession in the Vatican in the time of Pius XI. The Blessed Sacrament, and the pope kneeling in front of him, is…
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How to hold the fingers after the consecration
John Paul II during the elevation of the chalice at the Holy Mass on the inauguration of his pontificate. We pay attention to the preservation…
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Papal kick
If you want to kick a ball, do it in red shoes :)
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Dalmatic from Toledo
The dalmatic with the bishop’s coat of arms of the later Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo and the Latin Patriarch of Alexandria, Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza…
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Chapter Room
Trappist monks gathered in the monastery Chapter Room.
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Cologne Cathedral
High Cathedral of St. Peter in Cologne during construction work in 1856.
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Où est la femme
Henri Adolphe Laissement – Where is the woman.
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Homo symbolicus
Another Facebook discussion I took part in concerned papal vestments and symbolism. Traditionally, the same arguments appeared, and the accusation of Phariseeism as well. One…
