Papal Mass
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A Papal Mass is the Solemn Pontifical High Mass celebrated by the Pope. It is celebrated on such occasions as a papal coronation, an ex cathedra pronouncement, the canonization of a saint, on Easter o
Pope Benedict XVI photographed during a Papal Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica in 2013
The Elevation during the papal form of solemn pontifical Tridentine high Mass celebrated by Pope John XXIII in St. Peter's Basilica in the early 1960s. Note the mitre and the papal tiaras placed on the high altar. The Greek clergy are standing – as is customary – while the others kneel.
Pope Benedict XVI celebrating a post-Vatican II papal Mass in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2007.
Papal coronation
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A papal coronation was the formal ceremony of the placing of the papal tiara on a newly elected pope. The first recorded papal coronation was of Pope Nicholas I in 858. The most recent was the 1963 co
Papal Mass
…A Papal Mass is the Solemn Pontifical High Mass celebrated by the Pope. It is celebrated on such occasions as a papal coronation, an ex cathedra pronouncement, the canonization of a saint, on Easter or Christmas or other major feast days. Until the 1960s, there were numerous…
Coronation of Celestine V, the only pope to be crowned twice
Illustration of the Ring of the Fisherman belonging to Pope Pius II
1801 depiction of the obeisance of the cardinals
1805 depiction of Pope Pius VII wearing the pallium