Pope Pius XII is kneeling to lay the first of three gold bricks during the ceremony of closing of the Holy Door in the Vatican…

His Holiness Pope Paul VI during the entrance procession on the day of his coronation.

The coronation Mass of Pius XII, probably the moment of the Offetory.

Pope John XXIII sitting on the throne, probably during a Holy Mass coram summo Pontifice. The papal throne is flanked by cardinals deacons Ottaviani and Di…

The Sistine Chapel, Pope Pius XI consecrating the chalice during a Holy Mass with the ordination of a new bishop who can be seen on the Epistle…

The papal procession during the coronation of Pope Paul VI at St Peter’s Square on the 30th June 1963.

Praise, O Sion, praise thy Saviour, Shepherd, Prince, with glad behavior, Praise in hymn and canticle: Sing His glory without measure, For the merit of…

The episcopal consecration of Adam Stefan Sapieha, Pie Armand Pierre Sabadel O.F.M. Cap. and Gaetano De Lai by Pope Pius X in the Sistine Chapel,…

Pope John XXIII kneeling at the faldstool in a mantum with the coat of arms of Leo XIII.

A catafalque set in the Sistine Chapel duringf the celebration of the funeral Mass for the soul of the deceased Pius X.

Holy Father Pius XI in the mantum and tiara carried on the sedia gestatoria flanked by the papal flabella with ostrich feathers blessing the faithful…

Et inclinato capite tradidit spiritum. Singing of the Passion during the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, the Sistine Chapel, 1939.

Paul VI in a mantum and precious mitre (mitra praetiosa) carried on a portable throne (sedia gestatoria), wearing the papal cope, under a red canopy,…

The consecration of the French bishops by pope Pius X in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, 25 II 1906.

Pius XII on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Urbi et Orbi blessing after the solemn Holy Mass on the day of…

Pope John XXIII celebrating Holy Mass for the diplomatic corps in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican Palace on the night of the Feast of the…

His Holiness John XXIII on the Benediction Loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica just after the coronation.

Pope Pius XI during the procession before the ceremony of the canonization of Fr. Andrzej Bobola, April 17, 1938.

High Pontifical Requiem Mass for the soul of the Pope Pius XII ending the nine days of mourning (Novemdiales), celebrated in the Vatican Basilica at…

Pope Paul VI during a solemn session of the Second Vatican Council.

Accipe tiaram tribus coronis ornatam et scias te esse Patrem Principum et Regum, Rectorem Orbis, in terra Vicarium Salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi, cui est honor…