gestatoria

The use of the sedia gestatoria goes back to apostolic times when

The return of the Sedia Gestatoria? 2009

Such self-glorification could become more dangerous than the Sedia gestatoria and the tiara, which are more likely to elicit a smile than a feeling of pride

The return of the Sedia Gestatoria? 2009

Our Assistant Priest, a convert from Anglicanism, once showed me a picture of Pope Paul VI on the sedia gestatoria and said that it was 'this sort of thing' which prevented so many people he knew from converting to Catholicism.

Sedia Gestatoria 2009

I would gratefully welcome the return of the sedia gestatoria but I'd much more have the holy father wear the triregnum on occasion.

The return of the Sedia Gestatoria? 2009

*I should clarify that I thought the popemobile had replaced the sedia gestatoria for OUTDOOR use.

Sedia Gestatoria 2009

Wonderful as it is, the sedia gestatoria would just put the Pope back in the line of fire.

Sedia Gestatoria 2009

A restoration of the sedia gestatoria falls into this category but to a lesser extent if its chief justification would be to enhance the HF's visibility to the faithful and others present at indoor ceremonies - which in turn would be more palatable to non-believers rather than the HF being paraded about outside and where the security risks are arguably greater.

Sedia Gestatoria 2009

The sedia gestatoria would just put the Pope back in the line of fire

Sedia Gestatoria 2009

Indeed, the sedia gestatoria would certainly raise the Holy Father aloft for all the pilgrims to see.

Sedia Gestatoria 2009

But the Popemobile has taken the place of the sedia gestatoria I thought?

Sedia Gestatoria 2009