Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, surrounded by the clergy and the faithful standing in front of the cathedral doors and waiting to re-enter…

You are a bishop – dress like a bishop!

During the Second Vatican Council, by the decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites from September 12, 1963, Pope Paul VI granted to residential and…

The Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Francis Ragonesi, during the dedication of the monument of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Cerro de los Angeles (Hill of…

Cardinal Wyszynski during the Vacant See in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace: purple color instead of red (except for a saturno) and a narrow…

Cardinals during a solemn session of the Second Vatican Council. In the bottom row there are three cardinal bishops (from the left): Amleto Cicognani, Benedetto…

The Chrism Mass in the church of the Colegiata of St. Isidro in Madrid: Bishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde celebrated it in the presence of…

The papal legate, card. Pacelli, during the Holy Mass celebrated in the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on July 13, 1937. The throne is located at…

During one of the solemn session of the Second Vatican Council.

Archbishop Thomas Williams, the Metropolitan of Birmingham, surrounded by assistant ministers during the procession preceding the High Pontifical Mass, London, 1929.

Washing of hands during the pontifical High Mass celebrated by card. Masella, Fatima, 1946. The kneeling ones with utensils for the lavabo are cardinal’s familiares.

The photograph taken after the episcopal consecration of Fr. Louis Joseph Fillon conferred by his namesake, Cardinal Maurin (both in the center of the image).…

Cardinal Karel Boromejský Kašpar giving the blessing with the Blessed Sacrament.

Procession with the Blessed Sacrament during the 32nd International Eucharistic Congress in Buenos Aires.  The papal legate, cardinal Pacelli, kneels before a monstrance.

Alfons Maria Cardinal Stickler reading the Prologue of St. John’s Gospel at the end of a Solemn Pontifical Mass.

Cardinal Emmanuel Suhard, the archbishop of Paris, during the Maundy Thursday ceremony of foot washing, 1947.

Mighty Roncalli – mighty mitre :) [the photo from Orbis Catholicus Sacundus].

Archbishop Andrea Cesarano, the Metropolitan of Manfredonia, during the solemn entrance to the city.

A High Pontifical Mass celebrated near the ruins of the St. Mary’s Cathedral in Nagasaki to commemorate the 400th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier’s arrival…