Holy Father Pius X, pope from August 4, 1903 to August 20, 1914. The abbreviation P•O•M visible under his name means Pontifex Optimus Maximus (Priest…

Pius XI, giving his blessing during the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Pontifical Athenaeum De Propaganda Fide. Next to the pope is standing the…

Holy Father John Paul II in the former papal mantum at the closing of the Holy Door of the Vatican Basilica at the end of…

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured with Pope John XXIII during an audience, the Apostolic Palace, Sala del Tronetto,…

Leo XIII in his office. We would like to draw your attention to the canopy above the desk of the Holy Father.

Holy Father John Paul I on his election day. In the photo it is clearly visible the watered silk cassock and the sash with gold…

Solemn papal blessing given by Pope Pius IX from the loggia of Saint Peter’s Basilica. The huge drape shrouding the Benediction Balcony draws attention.

Sala del Tronetto, or the little throne room, in the Apostolic Palace on the Vatican.

If you are pope, sit like a pope!  :)

Venerable Servant of God Pius XII.

Holy Father John XXIII. It seems to be the last photo of this kind, where the pope posed at the sedia gestatoria in a mantum…

Holy Father Paul VI in a winter choir dress and in a stole with his papal coat of arms and figures of four saints related…

Holy Father John XXIII in a Paschal choir dress: white slippers, stole and mozzetta. Only camerino, practically unused by his predecessors, remained in its usual…

John XXIII during the visit to the Roman Parish of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Canadian Martyrs.

Is the snow or the frost – choir dress must be :)

His Holiness John Paul I in a papal choir dress.

Pope Pius X strolling in the Vatican Gardens.

Papież Pius XI w zimowym stroju chórowym, choć w pasie z frędzlami, a nie pomponami, i w stule Leona XIII. Pope Pius XI in a…

Don’t be afraid of hardships – You shall go to the nation where the Faith is on the first place and the nation itself is…

His Holiness Pius XI sitting on the cathedra in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.

Venerable Servant of God Pius XII.