Pontifices

Palm Sunday in Jerusalem

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) during the celebration of Palm Sunday. Bishop, sitting in a mitre and cope on a faldstool, which the gremiale protecting the knees of the prelate is attached to, is surrounded by assistants dressed in folded chasubles (planetae plicatae).