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Coronation
Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski in the presence of the Metropolitan of Vilnius, Fr. Archbishop Romuald Jałbrzykowski (on the right with a crosier in his hand), crowning…
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Wyszyński
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński preaching a sermon during a Corpus Christi procession in Warsaw. In the photo there is clearly visible the sleeve of the rochet…
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3 May
The High Pontifical Mass at the Cathedral of St. John in Warsaw on May 3, 1936. On the right is sitting the Polish President, Ignacy…
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Millennium of the Baptism in Bialystok
The Metropolitan of Cracow, Archbishop Karol Wojtyla, during the celebration of the Holy Mass in Bialystok Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,…
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At St. Nicholas
A Resurrection in the church of St. Nicholas in Kraków. As can be seen, in the procession are carried both a processional cross girded with…
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God, Honour, Fatherland
Partisans of the Home Army during the Holy Mass on the wilderness Wykus in the Holy Cross Mountains, September 12, 1943.
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In a szuba
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła wrapped up in a szuba during an episcopal visitation to one of the churches of the diocese of Tarnów. The local auxiliary…
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Coram
Archbishop Antoni Baraniak, the Metropolitan of Poznań, during a Holy Mass celebrated before the Blessed Sacrament exposed (hence he is sitting on the throne without a mitre)…
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Bishop Wojtyła
Karol Wojtyła kissing the ring of the principal consecrator, Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak, during the ceremony of receiving episcopal ordination, the Wawel Cathedral, 28 September 1958.…
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Auxilium Christianorum
An officer kneeling in front of the altar of Our Lady in the Church of Reserve Officers School of Infantry in Komorów.
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Insurgent mass
The Holy Mass celebrated by bishop Stanisław Adamski during the Warsaw Uprising in the courtyard of the building of the Main Post Office on August 15,…
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Throne room
The throne room in the Primatial Palace in Poznań.
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In ruins
The Primate of Poland, August Cardinal Hlond, during the Corpus Christi procession in the ruins of Warsaw, 1946.
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Mighty Primate
Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński in pontifical vestments.
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Gate of Dawn
Women praying in front of the Chapel of the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius: in the window is the miraculous image of Our Lady of…
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Canons of Krakow
The procession with the relics of St. Stanislaus, 1937. In the foreground one can see cathedral canons in cappae parvae, and behind the feretrum the…
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Ingress of Abp. Wojtyla
Archbishop Karol Wojtyła in the winter cappa magna during his ingress to the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus on the Wawel Hill…
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Scriptum est enim
There was a custom worth preserving which was practiced on Palm Sunday in Poland. During the procession with palms, after the entrance to the church…
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Cursed soldiers
The partisans of the anti-communist Polish Underground Army of Independence with the chaplain Fr. Władysław Gurgacz S.I. next to the field altar, May 1949.
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Archconfraternity of the Lord’s Passion
Members of the Archconfraternity of the Lord’s Passion, existing from the end of the 16th century to the present day, while praying in the chapel…
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Szuba
Cardinal Franciszek Macharski during a procesison wearing the cardinalatial szuba. In the background, on the right, one can see a canon of Wawel Cathedral in a black…