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The Divine Liturgy
A photo of the commemoration of the 1600th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea: the Divine Liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica to which Holy Father…
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Ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia
Pius XI assists from the throne at the Divine Liturgy, celebrated to commemorate the 1600th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea on November 15, 1925.…
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Tu es Sacerdos in aeternum
We are Eucharistic priests. Watch a priest say Mass and you can tell how he treats souls in a confessional, how he ministers to the…
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Lyonese Rite – Offertorium
Censing of the celebrant after the Offertory during a Pontifical Mass in the Lyonese Rite.
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Lyonese Rite – collect
A collect during a Pontifical Mass in the Lyonese Rite. The archbishop, surrounded by six priests and the assistants, is standing at the throne set…
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Pentitential procession
The penitential procession that passed through the streets of Milan after the Soviet military intervention during the uprising in Hungary in 1956. It is led…
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Corpus Christi in Milan
Cardinal Schuster during the Corpus Christi procession in Milan, where red was the color of the feast. A square on the alb is a parure,…
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Popemobile
Pope Pius XI in front of a popemobile – Mercedes Nürburg 460.
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At Trastevere
His Holiness John Paul II in traditional pontifical vestments, including a chasuble in the Roman style and in a papal fanon on his shoulders, during…
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Pius XI on liturgy
Since the Church has received from Christ her Founder the office of safeguarding the sanctity of divine worship, it is certainly incumbent upon her, while…
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Shoes
Holy Father John Paul II, apparently not wearing black shoes. A thing worth noticing is the traditional, Italian shape of the escutcheon on the papal…
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If you are a pope, look like a pope!
Holy Father Pius XII in a choir dress with his hand raised in the benediction gesture.
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Papal ferula
John Paul II during the opening of the Holy Door in the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican during the Jubilee Year of the…
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Il Papa Buono
Pope John XXIII with a beautiful pectoral cross.
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A gift for a pope
A small but exceptional photo: Pius X sitting on the throne he received from his former diocese of Venice in 1908 on the occasion of…
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Papal slippers
His Holiness John Paul II in choir dress and red, probably satin, papal slippers. Next to the Pope stands Rainier III and Grace, the princely…
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Paul VI on Satan
A fragment of the speech given by pope Paul VI at the general audience on 15 November 1972: (…) That fall of Adam gave the…
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Pope’s carriage
Berlina di Gran Gala – a six-horse papal carriage of Leo XII to which Gregory XVI added, among others, angels holding a tiara.
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A ride in the old style
Pope Leo XIII enters the carriage to take a ride in the Vatican Gardens.
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The most distinguished spectator
The pope does not have to go to see a match – matches are played right in front of his apartments. Pius XII is watching…
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If you are a popemobile, look like a popemobile!
Citroën C6 Lictoria Six – a car presented to Pius XI. In front of the pope’s seat there where two folding seats and an image…
