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Pius XI and portantina
Pius XI surrounded by members of his court emerging from a built-in litter called in Italian portantina. The Pope is dressed in summer choir dress,…
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Fr. Lassala Orts
Hic est enim calix Sanguinis mei, novi et aeterni testamenti: mysterium fidei: qui pro vobis et pro multis effundetur in remissionem peccatorum. Fr. José Antonio…
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Procession of the Holy Nail
A procession with the relic of the Holy Nail leaving the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Milan, 21 June 1939.…
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Bp. Benziger
Aloysius Maria Benzinger O.C.D. (1864-1942, born Adelrich Ludwig), Swiss clergyman, in the years 1905-1931 Bishop of Quilon in India (now Kollam), in the prelatic dress…
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Mass in the ruins of St. George’s Cathedral
Prayers at the foot of the altar during a Pontifical High Mass celebrated by Archbishop Peter Amigo, Bishop of Southwark (England), in the ruins of…
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Cardinal Gerlier
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier (originally Gerlicz, after his Polish father), Archbishop of Lyon and Primate of the Gauls, sitting on the throne during a Pontifical High…
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Cruets from Nagyvárad
Cruets from the first quarter of the 16th century, gilded gold, Hungary. The foot and belly are decorated with pear and leaf motifs, while the…
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The last such Mass of the Resurrection
The Holy Father Benedict XVI at the elevation of the consecrated Species during the Holy Mass celebrated on Resurrection Sunday, April 8, 2012, on Saint…
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Canonization Mass
Solemn High Pontifical Mass celebrated by Pius XII on 7th May 1950, on the occasion of the canonization of Archbishop Antonio Maria Claret. The Pope…
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Florence
Midnight Mass celebrated on Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord by Fr. Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign…
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Procession of Silence
Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara, Ordinary of the Diocese of Cartagena in Spain, surrounded by members of the Brotherhood of the Holy…
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Pius X P.P.
His Holiness Pius X (Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, 1835 – 1914) in a winter choir dress, i.e. in a fine cloth cassock, a rochet and a…
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Procession with the relics of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Eugenio Cardinal Tosi, Archbishop of Milan in the years 1922 – 1929, during a procession with the relics of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, February 13, 1927.…
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Card. Pecci
Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci (1810 – 1903), Cardinal Priest of the church of San Crisogono in Trastevere, bishop of Perugia in the years 1846…
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Corpus Christi at St. Germain’s
Lancelot Théodore Turpin de Crissé (1782 – 1859) – The Royal Fête-Dieu procession at St. Germain-L’Auxerrois, oil on canvas. The red colour of the vestments…
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Card. Sembratowycz
Sylwestr Sembratowycz (1836 – 1898), Greek Catholic priest, graduate of the Greek College in Rome, auxiliary bishop of Lviv in 1879-1885, metropolitan archbishop of the…
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Armenian Synod in Rome
Bishops and other clergymen of the Armenian Catholic Church during the synod held in Rome in 1911 under the leadership of Patriarch Boghos Bédros (Paul…
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Chinese altar servers
Chinese altar servers in liturgical vestments with characteristic headgear, which, based on the papal privilege, was used in the Middle Kingdom from the beginning of…
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A brief legal analysis of “Traditionis custodes”
We present to you a legal analysis of the Apostolic Letter issued motu proprio Traditions Custodes written by a priest, a friend of our website,…
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De bello liturgico
Three weeks have passed since the Apostolic Letter was issued, introducing new regulations of the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass. The document once again…
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De causa Cardinalis Gulbinowicz
A few days ago the Apostolic nunciature in Poland issued a statement regarding the investigation into the accusations towards card. Henryk Gulbinowicz, a former metropolitan…
