The basilica in Gdańsk, northern Poland, received its Umbraculum in 1929 from Pope Pius XI. After being lost during World War II, it was rediscovered in 2019 during restoration work. The St. Nicholas ...
The office of pope, successor of St. Peter, has always been steeped in symbolism. But as popes came and went, one symbol has kept returning to prominence: the seal of the Holy See during a papal ...
As one enters the recently elevated Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, one would easily notice the three symbols of the basilica—the umbraculum (big umbrella or conopeaum) at ...