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Coronation Mass of Benedict XV
The Coronation Holy Mass of Benedict XV, September 6, 1914. It did not take place, as it was customary, in the Basilica of St. Peter,…
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Card. Manning
Henry Edward Manning, a convert from Anglicanism, Lord Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. He was born in 1808 in an Anglican…
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Θεία Λειτουργία
Divine Liturgy celebrated by Patriarch Cyril VIII in presence of the Pope Pius X in the Hall of Beatifications of the Vatican Palace.
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Ad Deum
Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass at the confession of St. Stanislaus in the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslaus on Wawel…
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A Warm Fire
Jehan Georges Vibert – A Warm Fire.
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Forest City
Father James Gryczka with altar boys from the Polish parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Forest City, PA.
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Baculus cantoralis
Dom Umberto Bertini in full cantor’s array of Clairvaux monastery, including the cantoral staff (baculus cantoralis/choralis/praecentoris).
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Bp. Moore
His Excellency bishop James Moore, ordinary of the Diocese of Ballarat in Australia in the years 1884 – 1904, in choir dress with a spread…
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Pectoral cross for charity
Golden pectoral cross decorated with diamonds and enamel, made probably in the beginning of XX century. Paul VI donated it, together with a precious ring,…
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Brazil
John Paul II in a papal saturno and tabarro during the pilgrimage to Brazil in 1980.
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Pontifex
John XXIII in pontifical vestments carried on the sedia gestatoria.
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Good Pope
His Holiness John XXIII visits the young patients of the Hospital of the Infant Jesus in Rome on Christmas Day 1958. Interestingly, the visit takes place…
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Litany
The picture in the Internet is described as the prostration during Good Friday liturgy. However, it seems that it was taken on Holy Saturday, during…
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The old way
Father Pius (Padre Pio) from Pietrelcina O.F.M.Cap. carrying in a veil a chalice with the Lord’s Body, covered with a white chalice veil tied with…
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Penitential celebrations
Solemn High Mass celebrated in the period of penance, which is easy to recognize by the broad stole (stola latior) of the deacon. Subdeacon holding…
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Paschal slippers
Holy Father Pius XI in white Paschal papal slippers.
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Adoratio
Pope John XXIII adoring the the reliquary of the Holy Cross lying on the steps of the altar during a Good Friday ceremony in the…
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Lord, save us!
What can the third fall of Jesus under the Cross say to us? We have considered the fall of man in general, and the falling…
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Vespers at St. Paul
Pope Benedict XVI during the Vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on June 28, 2008.
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Papal prayer
Holy Father John XXIII when praying the Rosary. We would like to draw your attention to the visible binding of the papal sash.
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Crux sacra
Crux sacra sit mihi lux…
