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Te Ioannem
As fr. Franciszek Kwiatkowski SI relates in the book Z pogranicza filozofii i teologii. Wykłady dla katolickiej inteligencji: “To thank God for the victory a…
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Nuncio Roncalli
Apostolic nuncio, abp. Roncalli, in the Parisian cathedral of Notre Dame. Deacons assistants in dalmatics are standing next to him, whereas in the foreground is…
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Seville
A procession in Seville. In the photo one may see characteristic Spanish surplices and birettas. In the foreground, on the right side, stands probably one…
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Catholicos Azarian
His Beatitude Stepan Bedros X Azarian Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Rite surrounded by other bishops and clergy. On the right side of the…
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Mons. Borsieri
Mons. Giovanni Borsieri, the provost of St. Nicholas basilica in Lecco (Lombardy) in a white mitre (mitra simplex). On his sides there are a deacon…
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St. Pius X
Holy Father Pius X posing for a photo sitting on the throne in a summer choir dress and with his hand raised in the benediction…
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Fr. Lais
Father Joseph Lais C.O. observing the sky through the telescope in Specula Vaticana (the Vatican Observatory) established in 1576 by pope Gregory XIII. The Oratorian…
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Assistants
(photo: Lothar Wolleh) The opening ceremony of Second Vatican Council, October 11, 1962. On the throne, set on a specially prepared platform above the confession…
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Ad Dominum
My eyes ever towards the Lord, for he will pluck my feet out of the net (Ps. 24, 15). Pope Benedict XVI during the Holy…
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Patriarch Saigh
The bishop of Damascus, Maximos IV Saigh S.M.S.P., the Melkite Greek Patriarch of Antioch, while paying homage to Holy Father Pius XII sitting on sedia…
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A new priest
Fr Józef Kowalczyk, later metropolitan archbishop of Gniezno and the Primate of Poland [photo taken from: Archidiocese of Gniezno].
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Shoes and tassels
A part of the body of blessed Pius IX buried in the Papal Basilica of St. Lawrence outside the Walls: we may marvel at red…
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Papal tassels
John Paul I in a choir dress with his Master of Ceremonies, mons. Virgilio Noè, on the day he was elected the bishop of Rome.…
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Card. Moran
Patrick Cardinal Moran, the archbishop of Sydney, in a choir cassock with a spread train. He was the first priest serving in Australia (he was…
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Nicotera
Solemn choir dress of the canon of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Nicotera in Calabria, consisting of a rochet…
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Assumption
Fragments of the Apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus (The most bountiful God) of November 1, 1950, proclaiming the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin…
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Father Kolbe
Father Maksymilian Maria Kolbe O.F.M. Conv. together with other Franciscan brothers dressed in mass vestments, two of whom are Japanese. Father Kolbe spent six years…
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Looking in the sky
Jean-Léon Huens – Galileo and Cardinals.
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Tesserete
Fr. Osvaldo Crivelli during the celebration of his taking in possession the parish of St. Stephen in Tesserete (Switzerland). As one may see in the…
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Dominican bishop
José Cueto y Díez de la Maza O.P., the bishop of the diocese of Canary Islands, in choir dress proper to a prelate of the…
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The Shoes of the Fisherman
A shot of the movie “The Shoes of the Fisherman” from 1968 presenting the conclave still in the old form: with baldachins over the thrones…
