How a field altar should look like
A High Pontifical Mass celebrated from the faldstool by the Metropolitan of Baltimore, Archbishop Michael Curley, in the presence of the Papal …
Pavonicaudafer
The deacon from the Hochstift Paderborn carying a flabellum made of peacock feathers (hence its name: a peacock’s tail-bearer) during the traditional …
Galero <3
A shot from the film Name of the Rose.
Daroca
An example of the usage of a gremiale during a Corpus Christi procession in Daroca, Spain [the source].
Sacerdos
Italy, 1929.
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Rome, A.D. 1929.
Inculturation
Kenya, 1937 [the source: A Catholic Life].
Bertrand du Pouget
A shot from the film adaptation of Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose showing the papal legate, Cardinal Bertrand du Pouget.
Sanctissimum
The exposition of the Blessed Sacrament during the Forty Hours Devotion in the London’s Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Brompton Oratory).
How to hold the fingers after the consecration
John Paul II during the elevation of the chalice at the Holy Mass on the inauguration of his pontificate. We pay attention …
Desolata est
Domus sanctificationis nostrae et gloriae nostrae, ubi laudaverunt te patres nostri, facta est in exustionem ignis, et omnia desiderabilia nostra versa sunt …
Sacerdos in aeternum
Priestly ordination performed in one of the Dutch seminars in the fifties.
Litany
The picture in the Internet is described as the prostration during Good Friday liturgy. However, it seems that it was taken on …
Hats
The work over the hats intended for newly created cardinals in the Roman workshop of Barbiconi.
Adventus
Adventus – the ancient Romans used that word to denote a solemn welcome ceremony for the emperor arriving at a city; usually …
Pomponious memento
Remember, human, that one day the pompons on this earth shall end. The thing that matters is to merit perfect pompons of …
Cerimonia del Capèl
The red galero, called by the locals el capèl, is a material symbol of the protection given to Brescia by its patron …
The Shoes of the Fisherman
A shot of the movie “The Shoes of the Fisherman” from 1968 presenting the conclave still in the old form: with baldachins …
Francis’ logic
We do not understand this logic either…
That procession
The source: San Diego History Center.
Cleaning
Some people keep complaining that they have a lot of space to clean at home… The cleaning of the Confession of St. …