Blessed John XXIII...

... and Cardinal Ruffini

Pope Pius XII...

... and Cardinal Mooney

John XXIII/Cardinal Roncalli (b/w-batch)

As nuncio / patriarch /cardinal:

















As Pope:

With Cardinal Suenens (Belgium)


With Cardinal Wyszyński (Poland)


With Cardinal Panico (Italy)





On the sedia


The baciamano


The camauro

John XXIII

I have some nice color photos of Blessed John XXIII which I found in a collection of magazines. Some of them are a bit blurry or grainy. Still, they're nice, plus: You guys need to know that I am still alive and out there!

John XIII...

... surrounded by the splendor that should soon become a thing of the past for all, a beauty sorely missed for many and a scandalous offense first for the ideologists and then for their disciples.

Praying for Pope Pius XII...

Aaaaaawww!

Benedict XV

Maybe my memory just isn't what it used to be, but I don't think I have ever seen a picture of Pope Benedict XV with a camauro. This was taken from an online Spanish newspaper archive, which has proven to be quite useful in the past days.


This one pretty much everbody knows. Couldn't find the color version, sorry.


And one more of Giacomo Della Chiesa as Cardinal.