P•O•M
Holy Father Pius X, pope from August 4, 1903 to August 20, 1914. The abbreviation P•O•M visible under his name means Pontifex …
De Propaganda Fide
Pius XI, giving his blessing during the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Pontifical Athenaeum De Propaganda Fide. Next to the pope …
Porta Sancta
Holy Father John Paul II in the former papal mantum at the closing of the Holy Door of the Vatican Basilica at …
Pope, Queen and Prince
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured with Pope John XXIII during an audience, the Apostolic Palace, …
In the office
Leo XIII in his office. We would like to draw your attention to the canopy above the desk of the Holy Father.
Ioannes Paulus
Holy Father John Paul I on his election day. In the photo it is clearly visible the watered silk cassock and the …
St. Peter’s Square
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
Sala del Tronetto, or the little throne room, in the Apostolic Palace on the Vatican.
Papally
If you are pope, sit like a pope! :)
Pastor Angelicus
Venerable Servant of God Pius XII.
Ioannes PP. XXIII
Holy Father John XXIII. It seems to be the last photo of this kind, where the pope posed at the sedia gestatoria …
Paulus VI
Holy Father Paul VI in a winter choir dress and in a stole with his papal coat of arms and figures of …
Paschal dress
Holy Father John XXIII in a Paschal choir dress: white slippers, stole and mozzetta. Only camerino, practically unused by his predecessors, remained …
Pope John
John XXIII during the visit to the Roman Parish of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Canadian Martyrs.
Snowy
Is the snow or the frost – choir dress must be :)
Ioannes Paulus PP. I
His Holiness John Paul I in a papal choir dress.
On a walk
Pope Pius X strolling in the Vatican Gardens.
Pius PP. XI
Papież Pius XI w zimowym stroju chórowym, choć w pasie z frędzlami, a nie pomponami, i w stule Leona XIII. Pope Pius …
Benedict XV about Poland
Don’t be afraid of hardships – You shall go to the nation where the Faith is on the first place and the …
Cathedra
His Holiness Pius XI sitting on the cathedra in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.
Venerabilis
Venerable Servant of God Pius XII.