Legate of Pope Pius XII, Benedetto Cardinal Masella, during the Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated after the coronation of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima,…

A Corpus Christi procession in Lisbon. Five clergymen in croccia are carrying mitres on special stands, which was another privilege of the patriarch of Lisbon…

This is the photo which depicts why there are such big problems with conciliar documents, their perception and interpretation and why it is necessary to…

Jerusalem, the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, 1941. Polish bishop Karol Radoński during the distribution of palms to the faithful before entering the Aedicule (aedicula)…

In the centre of the photo, with a saturno on his head, is card. Alfrink, flanked by cardinal Mutsaerts (on the right) and always joyful…

Monaco princely wedding, which took place in April 1956 in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in the presence of bishop Giles Barthe.

Patriarchs of Lisbon enjoyed privileges which made their liturgy similar to the papal one, e.g. they were allowed to use a fanon and flabella, visible…

Bishops during conciliar debates. Among violet mantellettas there are several of different colours, which is characteristic of religious bishops.

Francis, card. Bourne, the archbishop of Westminster. The deacon on the left holds the cope in the proper way – to show the coat of…

The wedding of prince Juan Carlos and princess Sofia. It is the Catholic part of the wedding, the second part took place in an Orthodox…

A woman at her wedding usually wants to look like a princess and she wants to have a true fairytale wedding. Therefore, all princesses are…

Monsigor Maurice Dubourg, Archbishop of Besançon.

Card. Pacelli during a Pontifical Mass on Catholics Day in Potsdam.

Cardinal Tisserant during High Pontifical Mass celebrated on the occasion of the dedication of the University of Notre Dame library (South Bend, Indiana, USA). He…

Smiling cardinal Quiroga Palacios in a splendid cape and a mitre with characteristic endings on its edges.

Eugenio cardinal Pacelli with assistant deacons during liturgical celebrations in Lourdes.

Bp. Otunga, later cardinal, a son of a tribal chief: from pagan to cardinal.

This bishop was an apostolic prefect for Kaying and, subsequently, the first bishop of the diocese of Meixian, China. He was imprisoned, beaten in public,…

“The ideas of the Church are like her vestments; always well dressed but never the slave of passing fashion.” In the middle is Archbishop Fulton…