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Tokarnia
Tokarnia, the procession on the Palm Sunday with a statue of Christ on a donkey, 1983. This medieval custom was resurrected in 1968 by the…
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Red sashes
Pope Innocent IV, in order to commemorate the martyrdom of many Dominican friars, who were killed by infidels on the Eastern lands of the Polish…
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Cathedral in Katowice
First Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated in the Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice on 30 October 1955 by bp. Zdzisław Goliński. In 1981 card.…
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Card. Bentivoglio
Portrait of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio (1579 – 1644) by Antoni van Dyck. Before he was nominated cardinal, he held a number of functions at the…
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Crosier of abp. Ricci
The crosier of Archbishop Ricci, the Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria from the second half of the fifteenth century, made of gilded silver and…
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The Sacred Purple
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke. The picture was taken during his visit in the benedicitne Oratory of Ss. Gregory and Augustine in St. Louise.
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Chalice of Pope Pius IX
The chalice decorated with blue, red and green enamel and studded with 500 diamonds, received from the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdul Medji I…
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O Crux, ave spes unica!
Alfredo cardinal Schuster kiss the crucifix kneeling in the doorway of the Cathedral of Milan.
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A prayer
Pope Pius X kneeling at the faldstool in front of the altar in the Sistine Chapel.
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Crux Vaticana
A reliquary as well as a processional cross containing a piece of the True Cross offered to the people of Rome by Emperor Justin II…
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Altar boy’s train
An acolyte or a torch-bearer from the cathedral of Toledo in a cassock with a train [source: Toledo Olvidado].
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Charmingly
A young girl stands next to the papal throne during a Solemn Mass celebrated on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in 2010 [photo…
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De creatione novorum cardinalium
Appointing new cardinals is the exclusive privilege of the Holy Father who, in any time, could nominate new prelates, not exceeding the fixed number (seventy)…
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The procession of St. Gregory
An illumination of The very rich hours of the Duke de Berry (early 15th century) depicting the procession led by Pope St. Gregory the Great…
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(Polski) Sorry
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Petrus
Et ego dico tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram ædificabo Ecclesiam meam, et portæ inferi non prævalebunt adversus eam. Et tibi dabo…
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Absolutio
The absolution after the solemn Requiem Holy Mass for the repose of the soul of Eugeniusz Baziak, who died on June 15, 1962, Metropolitan Archbishop…
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Somnus choralis
Noctem quietam et finem perfectum…
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Mons. Howlett
Mons. Martin Howlett, canon and Administrator of Westminster Cathedral, wearing a winter cappa parva and Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16. Prince of Norfolk.
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Buffalo
Altar boys from the Polish Parish of St. Adalbert in Buffalo, New York [picture from: St. Adalbert Basilica].
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Card. Siri
Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, the archbishop of Genoa, in solemn choir dress.
