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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 Optimus Maximus (Priest…
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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 is standing the…
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Porta Sancta
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…
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Pope, Queen and Prince
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and her husband Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, during an audience with John XXIII in the Small Throne Room of…
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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.
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Ioannes Paulus
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…
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Stole of Pius IX
Holy Father Benedict XVI in summer choir dress before the commencement of the Rosary prayers under the slogan “with Africa and for Africa” in…
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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.
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Sala del Tronetto
Sala del Tronetto, or the little throne room, in the Apostolic Palace on the Vatican.
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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 in a mantum…
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Paulus VI
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…
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Paschal dress
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…
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Pope John
John XXIII during the visit to the Roman Parish of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Canadian Martyrs.
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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 XI in a…
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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 nation itself is…
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Cathedra in Lateran
Holy Father Pius XI in a winter choir dress sitting on the cathedra in the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior, St. John the Baptist…