Thursday, February 14, 2008

Pontifical Mass in Vienna

This Monday, feast of Our Lady of Lourdes in the sesquicentenary of the apparitions, the Apostolic Nuncio to Austria, H.E. Archbishop Edmond Farhat, celebrated a Pontifical Mass in the Viennese Church of the Franciscans. He was assisted by clergy of the FSSP and the SJM. This was the third Pontifical Mass in the extraordinary form that Msgr. Farhat has celebrated in Austria.





This is the exterior of the church:

Interior:

High altar by Andrea Pozzo:



I would appreciate it if we could charitably pass over the size of the mitre and any rubrical inaccuracies you might spot.

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