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Łowicz
A man in a traditional costume is kissing the papal shoe during the pilgrimage of John Paul II to Poland, Łowicz, AD 1999.
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Pius X on a bier
The body of Pius X resting on a catafalque in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Venite omnes gentes
An American Indian kneels down to kiss the ring of Pope John XXIII during an audience of the Apache delegation at the Vatican, May 16,…
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The dinning room of Pius X
Unlike his predecessor, Pius X has been invariably dining in the company. He has been sitting at a separate table, which was raised a little…
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Pius IX in his train
Pope Pius IX in a car of the private train made especially for him. The train was produced in 1858 in France. The first car,…
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Brazil
John Paul II in a papal saturno and tabarro during the pilgrimage to Brazil in 1980.
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Good Pope
His Holiness John XXIII visits the young patients of the Hospital of the Infant Jesus in Rome on Christmas Day 1958. Interestingly, the visit takes place…
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Papal prayer
Holy Father John XXIII when praying the Rosary. We would like to draw your attention to the visible binding of the papal sash.
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Blessing of lambs
Lambs, decorated with flowers and ribbons (the first with a red and the latter with a white one) by Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth,…
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Pius X
The Week (in fact, Octave) of Prayers for the Unity of the Christians, with all indulgencies connected with it, was celebrated between Ascension and Pentecost…
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John Paul II’s cape
John Paul II in a Roman cape with his coat of arms during a solemn service before the Salus Populi Romani painting in the Basilica…
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Camerino of John XXIII
Camerino had been a popular winter headgear of the popes since the Middle Ages until the times of Benedict XIV who was said to be…
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Pius XII at work
As T. Breza relates in his book on the Vatican of the last years of Pius XII’s pontificate, the pope at work was a completely…
