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In albis
His Holiness John XXIII in the Paschal choir dress, albeit incomplete. In the Easter Octave the Pope was dressed all in white: he wore white…
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Altare Cathedrae Sancti Petri
The Altar of the Cathedral located in the apse of the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican captured, presumably, in a short period of…
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Pietrowice Wielkie
Easter horse procession in Pietrowice Wielkie, 1984; photo by Krzysztof Niedenthal. The cavalcade sets off from the parish church of Saints Vitus, Modest and Crescentia to…
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Trappists from Kentucky
The chant of the Passion of the Lord according to St. Matthew on Sunday in Ramis Palmarum at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani,…
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Holy Nail
Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Archbishop of Milan, giving blessings with the reliquary of the Nail in 1938, probably on May 3, the Feast of the…
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Cross of Mathilda
Cross of Mathilda, a processional crux gemmata commissioned by Teofano, the abbess of the canoness’ monastery in Essen, in honor of her predecessor, Mathilda II,…
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Oecumenismus sicut socialismus
On the website of Gość Niedzielny, a popular Catholic magazine, there has appeared an article of Marcin Jakimowicz with a telling title resounding a slogan…
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Benedictines from Krzeszów
Nuns from the Benedictine convent in Krzeszów during a choir prayer in the monastery chapel. In the centre, on a platform, you may see the…
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Consistory 1953
Pope Pius XII in the Throne Room of the Vatican Palace, surrounded by newly created cardinals after the ceremony of handing over their birettes, on…
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Snowball fight
Roman clerics during the snowball fight held on St. Peter’s Square in the winter of 1958. As one may recognise from the black cassock and…
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Msgr. Scognamiglio Clá Dias
Monsignor João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, founder of the Heralds of the Gospel, an international association of the faithful of pontifical right, honorary canon of the…
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Abp. Hakim
Archieparch George Hakim, archbishop of Acre and later Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem, during the celebration of the Divine Liturgy on…
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Rose cassock
A rose cardinal cassock with a train from the first half of the 18th century. Twice a year, on the third Sunday of Advent, called…
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Princely wedding
A photo from the wedding of Henri d’Orléans, considered a Prince of France by the Orléanists, and duchess Maria Teresa of Württemberg at the royal…
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Gray Eminence
Jean-Léon Gérôme – Gray eminence, 1873. The painting depicts a scene in which high-class laymen and clergy, including a cardinal in a cappa magna, are bowing…
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Third Silesian Uprising
Field Mass celebrated during the Third Silesian Uprising, 1921. In the background, one can see the armoured car Erhardt M1917, called by the insurgents “Górny…
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Chasuble from Kremsmünster
Rekwialny ornat z benedyktyńskiego opactwa Kremsmünster w Austrii z przedstawieniem na czarnym aksamicie Śmierci wspierającej się na kosie i mającej pod stopami różne oznaki władzy…
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Bp. Faveau C.M.
Bishop Paul-Albert Faveau from the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarites), titular bishop of Tamassos, the first Apostolic Vicar of Western Chekiang founded by Pope Pius…
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On St. Sebastian
Cardinal Schuster, archbishop of Milan, surrounded by the assistants during the pontifical High Mass celebrated on the day of the liturgical memorial of Saint Sebastian,…
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Papal Requiem
Pius X assisting to the funeral Holy Mass coram Summo Pontifice celebrated in the Sistine Chapel on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the…
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Bp. Józef Pelczar
Józef Sebastian Pelczar, Bishop of Przemyśl in the years 1900 – 1924, in the winter choir dress. Please pay attention to an interesting cappa magna,…
