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Burning of palms
Nuns burning last year’s palms, from which the ash was used during the celebration of the Ash Wednesday, the Cathedral of the Holy Name, Chicago,…
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Ecclesia catholica
Celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, in the presence of the Patriarch of the West, His Holiness…
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F.J. Sheen
Auxiliary bishop of New York and titular bishop of Caesariana, Fulton John Sheen in a ferraiolo [author: Yousuf Karsh]. The attire he hosted his TV…
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Canon Cachia
Vincenz Cachia in the choir dress of the honorary canon of the collegiate Basilica of Saint Helen at Birkirkara
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Unto us a child is born
Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Holy Mass celebrated in the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican on the Nativity Night A.D. 2012.
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Winter slippers
Pius X’s velvet slippers lined with fur and decorated with brocade hems and embroidered crosses on the toes.
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Card. McCloskey
John Cardinal McCloskey, the Archbishop of New York, in choir dress with a spread train of his cassock.
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Mighty Tisserant
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant during a Pontifical High Mass celebrated at the altar of St. Peter Chair at the beginning of the conclave, June 19th, 1963.
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At Jasna Góra
The first and only official visit of the Chief of State Józef Piłsudski to Jasna Góra, on October 20, 1921, to express gratitude for the…
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College of St. Joseph
Members of the children’s choir of the College of St. Joseph at the cathedral of Cuenca, Spain. The choir was created in 17th century. Its…
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St. Deodatus
A relic of St. Deodatus, a martyr, Rheinau, Switzerland.
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Leo X
Rafaello Santi – Portrait of Pope Leo X with two cardinals, circa 1518. The cardinals are usually identified as papal cousins: Giulio di Giuliano de’…
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Sedan chair
Pope Leo XIII, surrounded by the Noble Guard, carried in a sedan chair through the corridors of the Apostolic Palace.
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Consecration
Singing of the Litany to All Saints during the episcopal consecration of Mons. Pacelli conducted by His Holiness Benedict XV in the Sistine Chapel on…
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Salamanca
Canons of the Cathedral of Salamanca in winter cappae.
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Jesuits
Jesuit novices during the meditate in cemetery at their formation house in Los Gatos, California, USA.
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Medievally
Pope Benedict XVI in a red chasuble of medieval style after the end of the funeral Mass celebrated for the soul of the deceased Cardinal…
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Notre-Dame
Solemn High Mass celebrated at the great altar of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Paris on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the…
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Lyonese Rite – Confiteor
Confiteor during the Pontifical High Mass on Holy Thursday, 1934, in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Lyon. In front of the steps…
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Powiśle
A Holy Mass celebrated in Powiśle during the Warsaw Uprising on August 15 [the source: 1944.pl].
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Card. Ilundáin
The Metropolitan of Seville, Archbishop Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban, in a cappa magna during the Corpus Christi procession in 1923. One of the servants is…
