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Nagasaki
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…
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Abp. Montini
Giovanni Batista Montini, the archbishop of Milan, during a ceremony in the town of Corbetta.
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Card. Tedeschini
The Papal Legate, Federico Cardinal Tedeschini, in pontifical vestments during the 35th International Eucharistic Congress in Barcelona, 1952.
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On horseback
The Patriarch of Venice, Giuseppe Cardinal Sarto, in Cima Grappa, 1901. Archbishop Giacomo della Chiesa during a pastoral visit in 1910. Archbishop Angelo Roncalli in Bulgaria.
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Abp. Gori
Archbishop Alberto Gori O.F.M., the patriarch of Jerusalem, during a pontifical High Mass at the Holy Sepulchre [photo from Orbis Catholicus Secundus].
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Card. Gasparri in Monte Cassino
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri sitting on the throne during a solemn pontifical Mass celebrated in the Abbey of Monte Cassino. The Master of Ceremonies visible on…
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Cardinal Ratzinger
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger after finishing the celebration of the Pontifical High Mass celebrated according to the Vetus Ordo in Weimar, in the year of Our…
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Corpus Christi at St. Mark’s
A Corpus Christi procession at St. Mark’s Square in Venice.
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Abp Montini
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Montini, the metropolitan of Milan, wearing a choir dress with a mantelletta and a tabarro thrown over his shoulders. One can see…
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Card. Manning
Henry Edward Manning, a convert from Anglicanism, Lord Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. He was born in 1808 in an Anglican…
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O Crux, ave spes unica!
Alfredo cardinal Schuster kiss the crucifix kneeling in the doorway of the Cathedral of Milan.
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Absolutio
The absolution after the solemn Requiem Holy Mass for the repose of the soul of Eugeniusz Baziak, who died on June 15, 1962, Metropolitan Archbishop…
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Card. van Rossum
Willem Marinus cardinal van Rossum C.S.S.R. – the first Dutch cardinal since the times of the Reformation: he received the cardinal’s hat from the hands…
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Bp. MacNeely
Bishop William MacNeely, the ordinary of Raphoe (Ireland), a diocese which has existed since the fifth century, in a choir dress with a mantelletta and…
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Card. Tedeschini
Federico Cardinal Tedeschini as a papal legate during a procession before the Pontifical High Mass celebrated in Fatima to mark the end of the Holy…
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Bp. Schneider in Poznań
Bp. Athanasius Schneider surrounded by the assistants and priests after the High Pontifical Mass at the faldstool in Poznań (16.10.2013) [photo by Piotr Łysakowski].
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Bp. Schneider
Bp. Athanasius Schneider O.R.C. during the censing of the altar during a High Pontifical Mass.
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Bp. Bacciarini
Bp. Stefano Aurelio Bacciarini S.d.C, since 2008 the Venerable, blessing the faithful gathered in front of the Capuchin monastery of Santa Maria del Bigorio (Switzerland)…
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Nuncio Roncalli
Apostolic nuncio, abp. Roncalli, in the Parisian cathedral of Notre Dame. Deacons assistants in dalmatics are standing next to him, whereas in the foreground is…