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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…
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The dinning room of Pius X
Unlike his predecessor, Pius X has been invariably dining in the company. He has been sitting at a separate table, which was raised a little…
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Paulus P.P. VI
His Holiness Paul VI in the papal pontifical vestments on the day of coronation on June 30, 1963
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Dominica Pentecostes 2008
Two photographs from the Holy Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI on the Feast of Pentecost in A.D. 2008. It was the only occasion…
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Processional cross of Pope Leo XIII
The neo-Gothic processional cross made of silver and gilded bronze and decorated with enamel and precious stones, offered to Leo XIII by the French diocese…
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Desolata est
Domus sanctificationis nostrae et gloriae nostrae, ubi laudaverunt te patres nostri, facta est in exustionem ignis, et omnia desiderabilia nostra versa sunt in ruinas. (Isaias…
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Burkina Faso
Altar boys from Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in the fifties.
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Card. Villeneuve
Jean Marie cardinal Villeneuve O.M.I., metropolitan archbishop of Quebec.
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Abp Montini
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Montini, the metropolitan of Milan, wearing a choir dress with a mantelletta and a tabarro thrown over his shoulders. One can see…
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Well-earned rest
Andrea Landini – A relaxing afternoon.
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At Saint Mary Major
His Holiness Benedict XVI in the Paschal choir dress and Leo XIII’s stole at the throne of Pius XII during the Rosary in the Basilica…
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Hierosolyma
Luigi Barlassina, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, at the incensation of the gifts after the Offertory during the pontifical Mass celebrated on the altar set at…
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First blessing
Newly ordained priest gives his parents a blessing after his first Mass. There is a characteristic wreath visible on his sleeve [photo from website of…
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Sacerdos in aeternum
Priestly ordination performed in one of the Dutch seminars in the fifties.
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Pius IX in his train
Pope Pius IX in a car of the private train made especially for him. The train was produced in 1858 in France. The first car,…
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Card. Spellman and Indians
Blue Corn, a six-year-old Indian girl, kisses the ring of Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, in front of the metropolitan cathedral of St.…
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Reliquary of Gregory the Great
The Reliquary of Pope St. Gregory the Great, containing a fragment of his skull.
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Papal throne
Pope Pius XI sitting on the throne during the papal liturgy celebrated in the Sistine Chapel. Flabella ♥
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Vespers
Benedict XVI during a procession before the first Vespers of the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the Basilica of St. Paul…
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Handmade
A Carmelite nun kneeling in a cell by a bed and sewing a stole. Photo from the early twentieth century.
