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…

Holy Father Pius XII in a choir dress with his hand raised in the benediction gesture.

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…

Pope John XXIII with a beautiful pectoral cross.

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…

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…

A fragment of the speech given by pope Paul VI at the general audience on 15 November 1972: (…) That fall of Adam gave the…

Berlina di Gran Gala – a six-horse papal carriage of Leo XII to which Gregory XVI added, among others, angels holding a tiara.

Pope Leo XIII enters the carriage to take a ride in the Vatican Gardens.

The pope does not have to go to see a match – matches are played right in front of his apartments. Pius XII is watching…

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…

Pius X in Vatican Gardens. The saturno and the footstool – pomponiards like it.

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…

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…

Photo of Pope Leo XIII sitting on the papal throne with a cushion under his feet.

The seminarians of The Pontifical Scots College in Rome in gala attire (a cassock, a sash,  a soprana) during an audience with Pius XII.

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…