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Pius IX (born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verifiable papal reign. After starting as a liberal he reversed positions and strongly condemned liberalism. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican Council in...
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the...
This is an image of bishops from all over the world attending the Canonization of Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II by Pope Francis and the Catholic Church. Canonization is the Catholic process of recognizing church members who have lived heroically virtuous lives, and elevating them so that...
Holy Eucharist refers to the three aspects of Christ’s body and blood — as sacrifice during the Consecration of the Mass, as Holy Communion, and as Blessed Sacrament. These three aspects form the core of Catholic belief on the Holy Eucharist. Only wheat bread and grape wine can be used....
Cardinal Woelki blesses the coffin of Joachim Cardinal em. Meisner at a Requiem Mass at the Cologne cathedral, 2017. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/06/Exsequien_Joachim_Meisner-7819_o.jpeg] 1200px [https://sdcason.com/content/images/size/w1200/2021/06/Exsequien_Joachim_Meisner-7819.jpeg] 800px...
Vicenza is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately 60 kilometers (37 mi) west of Venice and 200 kilometers (120 mi) east of Milan.The city is predominantly Roman...
1971 Day of Mourning -- Third annual commemoration ceremonies for the 5,000 victims of the 1968 Hue Massacre began in Phu Cam Catholic Church. The Huế massacre was the summary executions and mass murder perpetrated by the Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam during their capture,...
Ordination is the sacramental ceremony in which a man becomes a deacon, priest, or bishop and enabled to minister in Christ's name and that of the Church. There are three ordinations in the Sacrament of Holy Orders: diaconate; priesthood; and episcopal. The ordination ceremony includes various rituals, rich...
This photo is from a Catholic retreat in 1912. History of Catholicism in Korea Spanish Jesuit priest Gregorio Céspedes was possibly the first Catholic missionary in Korea, arriving in Busan on 27 December 1593. However, Catholicism (and Christianity in general) in Korea more generally began in 1784 when Yi Seung-hun...
A Eucharistic procession is one in which the Host is carried in procession in a monstrance. It is often covered with a canopy and accompanied with candles. This Eucharistic procession is held annually on the Virginia Beach boardwalk by a group of Catholic parishes in the Virginia Beach and Chesapeake...
One of the canons at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow: he set up the chancel for worship, then went off to hear confession. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/05/7935650612_cb3d2fe4bd_o.jpg] 1200px [https://sdcason.com/content/images/size/w1200/2021/05/7935650612_...
The essential elements of the public worship of the Catholic Church, in the Sacrifice of the Eucharist and the administration of the sacraments, are the same in all Catholic rites. What is called the "Mass" in the West is called "Divine Liturgy" in the Eastern Churches....
Reims is the most populous city in the Marne department, in the Grand Est region of France. Its population in 2013 was of 182,592 in the city proper (commune) and 317,611 in the metropolitan area making Reims the most populated sub-prefecture in France. The city lies 129 km...
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country in South and Southeast Europe, located within the Balkans. Sarajevo is the capital and largest city. Bosnia and Herzegovina is bordered by Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the...
In the Catholic liturgy , the Tridentine Mass is that form of the Eucharistic celebration of the Roman rite promulgated by Pope Pius V in 1570 at the request of the Council of Trent , up to the revision ordered by the Second Vatican Council . It was maintained, with minor modifications, in...
The Roman Rite has no celebration of Mass between the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday evening and the Easter Vigil. While there is no celebration of the Eucharist, it is distributed to the faithful only in the Service of the Passion of the Lord, but can also be...
In the Catholic liturgy , the Tridentine Mass is that form of the Eucharistic celebration of the Roman rite promulgated by Pope Pius V in 1570 at the request of the Council of Trent , up to the revision ordered by the Second Vatican Council . It was maintained, with minor modifications, in...
Robert Cardinal Sarah celebrating Holy Mass with Bishop of Hrodna Alaksandr Kaškievič in Minsk, close to Red Church. Robert Sarah (born 15 June 1945) is a Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 20 November 2010, he was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline...
East Anglia is a geographical area in the East of England. The area included has varied but the legally defined NUTS 2 statistical unit comprises the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, including the City of Peterborough unitary authority area. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East...
Mass on the 8th anniversary of the tragedy near Smolensk. This mass took place in Warsaw, Poland. The Smolensk air disaster occurred on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Free...
Palm Sunday mass, St. Franciskus Xaverius, Catholic church, Arendal, Norway. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/04/Exterior_of_St._Franciskus_Xaverius_Catholic_church_in_Arendal-_Norway._Palmsunday_o.jpg] 1200px [https://sdcason.com/content/images/size/w1200/2021/04/Exterior_of_St._Franciskus_Xaverius_Catholic_...
Elevation at a Solemn Mass of the Presanctified, celebrated in the 1954 rite. This Mass was offered on a Good Friday in 2017, by Father Robert C. Pasley at Mater Ecclesiæ Catholic Church in Berlin NJ. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/04/Solemn_Mass_of_...
Leo Petrović (28 February 1883 – 14 February 1945) was a Bosnia and Herzegovina Franciscan and historian. Petrović, a native of Klobuk, Ljubuški, entered the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina in 1900, and was ordained a priest in 1905. He held various monastic and ecclesiastical positions, including being a general vicar of...
Throughout the lifetime of the Third Republic (1870–1940), there were battles over the status of the Catholic Church in France among the republicans, monarchists and the authoritarians (such as the Napoleonists). The French clergy and bishops were closely associated with the monarchists and many of its hierarchy were from...
