Sanctuary Minor Basilica Pontifical Virgin SS del Carmelo, basilica del Carmine, Mesagne, Brindisi, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Sanctuary Minor Basilica Pontifical Virgin SS del Carmelo, basilica del Carmine, Mesagne, Brindisi, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Albert of Sternberk's pontifical, 1376, Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Liberador Avenue, view of the headquarters of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, South America

Albert of Sternberk's pontifical, 1376, Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

The Pontifical Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, Padua, Veneto, Italy, Europe

The Pontifical Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, Padua, Veneto, Italy, Europe

St. Peter's Square, St Peter's Basilica, member of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, The Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Marinelli Bells - Pontifical Bell Foundry, Agnone, Isernia, Molise, Italy

A Pontifical Swiss guard in ceremonial uniform at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Latin Patriarch, Michel Sabah, celebrating the Pontifical Vespers on Christmas Eve 2005, St. Catherine church, Basilica of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Israel, Middle East

Pontifical Mass celebrated by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on the Mount of the Precipice in Nazareth, Galilee, Israel, Middle East

India. Boats at the pontifical mar thoma shrine at azhicode. Kerala. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad