In Lyon
A Mass in the Lyonese Rite celebrated in the presence of card. Albert Decourtray, the Primate of the Gauls, in the metropolitan …
Θεία Λειτουργία
Divine Liturgy celebrated in the presence of the Pope John XXIII in front of the Confessio of St. Peter in the Vatican …
Ambrosian Rite at St. Peter
A Holy Mass in the Ambrosian Rite celebrated in the presence of Holy Father John XXIII by Cardinal Montini, Archbishop of Milan, …
At St. Peter’s
The Divine Liturgy celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
Chirotony of bp. Coussa
A view of the Sistine Chapel during the episcopal ordination of Gabriel Coussa conferred by Pope John XXIII (visible on the throne …
In forma Crucis
A Holy Mass celebrated in the Ambrosian Rite in a side chapel of the basilica of St. John in Lateran.
Gregory III
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregory III is praying during the closing Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East in …
Bi-ritual priest
Fr. John Ryder S.I. during a service in St. Andrew’s Church in Los Angeles.
Lyonese Rite – Gloria
Pontifical Mass in the Lyonese Rite while singing Gloria.
Θεία Λειτουργία
Divine Liturgy celebrated by Patriarch Cyril VIII in presence of the Pope Pius X in the Hall of Beatifications of the Vatican …
Benedict XV and Demetrius I
His Holiness Benedict XV and His Beatitude Demetrius I together with eastern Catholic clergy in 1920.
Ut unum sint
A photo from the eparchy of Preszov of the Catholic Church of the Slovak Bizantine Rite, from the day of chirotony of …
Mozarabic Rite
A Solemn High Mass celebrated in the Mozarabic Rite also called the Visigothic Rite.
The Divine Liturgy at St. Peter’s
The Divine Liturgy celebrated by Maximos IV Saigh, the Melkite Greek Patriarch of Antioch, before the altar of the Confession of St. …
Chirotony
Holy Father John XXIII in the Sistine Chapel during conferring episcopal consecration to abp. Gabriel Coussa B.A., Greek Melkite titular archbishop of …
Catholicos Azarian
His Beatitude Stepan Bedros X Azarian Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Rite surrounded by other bishops and clergy. On the right …
Patriarch Saigh
The bishop of Damascus, Maximos IV Saigh S.M.S.P., the Melkite Greek Patriarch of Antioch, while paying homage to Holy Father Pius XII …
Tesserete
Fr. Osvaldo Crivelli during the celebration of his taking in possession the parish of St. Stephen in Tesserete (Switzerland). As one may …
Card. Slipyj
Josyf Cardinal Slipyj, the major archbishop of Lviv, in a galero parasole put on a red klobuk; this colour of headgear card. …
Abp. Roncalli
Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli as an Apostolic delegate for Greece and Turkey on the occasion of the episcopal consecration of bishop Joseph …
Corpus Christi in Milan
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini, the archbishop of Milan, during a Corpus Christi procession. In the Ambrosian Rite the colour of the feast …