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New Green Gothic Revival Chasuble from AltarWorthy
Restoring Halloween to the Domestic Church
Customs of Martinmas
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Modern Polish Chasuble (Mid-Twentieth Century)
Papal Humiliations III: The Cock of the Lateran
In previous posts on the flax burning and sedia stercoraria , we have seen how the ancient ceremony of papal coronation evinced a continual concern with reminding the new pontiff, at the very moment of his elevation to the loftiest office in Christendom, that he remained a m…
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Papal Humiliations II: The Papal Sedia Stercoraria
In a previous article we discussed flax burning during the papal coronation rite . Today we consider a related ceremony, the Possession , i.e. when the pope takes formal possession of the Lateran cathedral and palace. Just as in the coronation rite, here too the ancient cerem…