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Christmas
Pope Pius XII beginning reciting the Roman Canon during the Christmas Mass. The date of the celebration is confirmed by the statuette of Infant Jesus…
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At Trastevere
His Holiness John Paul II in traditional pontifical vestments, including a chasuble in the Roman style and in a papal fanon on his shoulders, during…
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Pius XI on liturgy
Since the Church has received from Christ her Founder the office of safeguarding the sanctity of divine worship, it is certainly incumbent upon her, while…
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Shoes
Holy Father John Paul II, apparently not wearing black shoes. A thing worth noticing is the traditional, Italian shape of the escutcheon on the papal…
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If you are a pope, look like a pope!
Holy Father Pius XII in a choir dress with his hand raised in the benediction gesture.
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Papal ferula
John Paul II during the opening of the Holy Door in the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican during the Jubilee Year of the…
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A gift for a pope
A small but exceptional photo: Pius X sitting on the throne he received from his former diocese of Venice in 1908 on the occasion of…
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Papal slippers
His Holiness John Paul II in choir dress and red, probably satin, papal slippers. Next to the Pope stands Rainier III and Grace, the princely…
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Paul VI on Satan
A fragment of the speech given by pope Paul VI at the general audience on 15 November 1972: (…) That fall of Adam gave the…
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Pope’s carriage
Berlina di Gran Gala – a six-horse papal carriage of Leo XII to which Gregory XVI added, among others, angels holding a tiara.
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A ride in the old style
Pope Leo XIII enters the carriage to take a ride in the Vatican Gardens.
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The most distinguished spectator
The pope does not have to go to see a match – matches are played right in front of his apartments. Pius XII is watching…
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If you are a popemobile, look like a popemobile!
Citroën C6 Lictoria Six – a car presented to Pius XI. In front of the pope’s seat there where two folding seats and an image…
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If you are a pope, read like a pope!
Pius X in Vatican Gardens. The saturno and the footstool – pomponiards like it.
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Pius IX ecumenically
Pope Pius IX on Poland, Russia and the January Uprising in the spirit of a healthy ecumenism: According to witnesses, the Pope, having raised from…
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Vicarius Christi
It seems to be one of the last cases of kissing the Pope in his feet, especially by a layman. Year 1965: during a Mass…
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Papa Leo
Photo of Pope Leo XIII sitting on the papal throne with a cushion under his feet.
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Private audience
The seminarians of The Pontifical Scots College in Rome in gala attire (a cassock, a sash, a soprana) during an audience with Pius XII.
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Inauguration
John Paul II in choir dress with watered silk cassock entering the Basilica of St. Peter from the side of St. Marta Square on the…
