Word: pontificale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The present incumbent of York is a mighty man in England, The Right Hon. and Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, D.D. His silk stockings and silver slippers are known throughout the land. On industrial problems his words carry an almost pontifical authority. When he speaks, England harkens.
The silent brethren of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemane celebrated their 75th year of existence at Gethsemane, Ky., by a gorgeous procession to Pontifical Mass. Their Abbot, Edmond Marie Obrecht, already mitred and having the rank of Bishop in his territory, was given the purple zucchetto, a skull...
"As a protest against the flagrant outrage done the Mother of God by recent widespread and blasphemous denials of the Virgin Birth of her Divine Son," Bishop McDevitt of Harrisburg, Pa., sang a solemn pontifical mass at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Manhattan. Archbishop Hayes presided.
The Pope, dressed in full Pontifical robes-a golden mitre upon his head, a magnificent scarlet cloak embroidered in gold over his shoulders-with the gorgeous, glittering emerald ring upon his finger, rose from his sedia, and followed by two attendants who held the resplendent Flabelli-huge ostrich feather fans...
Its Official Status. When Vatican ceremonies need a choir, the singers are recruited from without. These Roman singers are popularly known as the Sistine* Choir. They continue the traditions of the old official choir. Their leader, Don Antonio Rella, has an official title, " Perpetual Vice-Director of the Pontifical Chapel...