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The papal litter
Threescore valiant ones of the most valiant of Israel surround the bed of Solomon. All holding swords, and most expert in war: every man’s sword…
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Restitutio
21 October A.D. 2012 – Pope Benedict XVI has restored the custom of wearing the papal fanon during solemn pontifical Masses.
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Our Lady of the Thunder Candle
Our Lady of the Thunder Candle, a painting by Michele Andriolli presenting burning of the sign of the cross on the joist using a candle…
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De natura hominum
There is a quotation of the XXII session of the Council of Trent which has been cited several times in our website and which forms…
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Pontifex Maximus
Pius XII
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Benedict XV and Demetrius I
His Holiness Benedict XV and His Beatitude Demetrius I together with eastern Catholic clergy in 1920.
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Card. van Rossum
Willem Marinus cardinal van Rossum C.S.S.R. – the first Dutch cardinal since the times of the Reformation: he received the cardinal’s hat from the hands…
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Ordination of Fr Glemp
Deacon Józef Glemp ordained to the priesthood by bishop Franciszek Jedwabski, the suffragan bishop of the Poznań diocese, in the Cathedral Basilica in Gniezno, on…
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Ferrari
Pope John Paul II during his visit to Maranello in 1988.
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Blessing of lambs
Lambs, decorated with flowers and ribbons (the first with a red and the latter with a white one) by Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth,…
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Pius X
The Week (in fact, Octave) of Prayers for the Unity of the Christians, with all indulgencies connected with it, was celebrated between Ascension and Pentecost…
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Clement XIV
A portrait of Clement XIV on a horse. The pope is depicted in the short garments, of course in white, with gloves in the same…
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Macnamara canons
Two canons of the chapter at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Edinburgh, brothers Thomas (standing) and Patrick (sitting) Macnamara [[the source…
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Bows
Altar boys or choristers, probably from the United States.
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FERRA#YOLO
Cardinal Dolan said so ;)
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John Paul II’s cape
Holy Father John Paul II in a a richly decorated Roman cope with his coat of arms during a solemn vespers closing the Second Extraordinary…
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Card. Giustini
Philip Cardinal Giustini in the summer choir dress with a spread cassock’s train.
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Leo XIII in the Sistine Chapel
Pope Leo XIII praying at the faldstool before a Mass in the Sistine Chapel.
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Bp. MacNeely
Bishop William MacNeely, the ordinary of Raphoe (Ireland), a diocese which has existed since the fifth century, in a choir dress with a mantelletta and…
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The Gospel proclaimed the Polish way
The coronation of the statue of Our Lady of Jazłowiec, the patroness of 14th Uhlan Regiment, conducted by the Primate of Poland, Cardinal August Hlond,…
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Hats
The work over the hats intended for newly created cardinals in the Roman workshop of Barbiconi.
