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Scala Regia. Scala Regia [a] is a flight of steps in the Vatican City and is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. It was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.. The official entrance to the Apostolic Palace is the Portone di Bronzo at the north side of St Peter's Square.
Climbing the Holy Stairs on one's knees is a devotion much in favour with pilgrims and the faithful. Several popes have performed the devotion, [5] and the Catholic Church has granted indulgences for it. [10] Pope Pius VII on 2 September 1817 granted those who ascend the Stairs in the prescribed manner an indulgence of nine years for every step.
[3] [4] The icon depicts monks ascending the ladder towards Jesus in Heaven, at the top right of the image with John Climacus at the top of the ladder, being welcomed by Jesus. The ladder has 30 rungs representing the 30 stages of ascetic life. [1]
The flag is also described in Article 20 of the 2000 Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, with a visual model appended as Attachment A. [9] [10] The 2000 Fundamental Law of Vatican City State's Attachment A, shows a square flag. [10] In 2010, the Apostolic Nunciature to Germany stated that the flag does not have to be square. [11]
Altar with drapery antependium in the style of Catholic churches of the 19th and early 20th century. When in the period immediately preceding the late twentieth century altars were generally built attached to or close to a wall, it became customary to cover with drapery the front of the altar, the only part visible to the congregation.
This line has been called the amphoteric line, [2] the metal-nonmetal line, [3] the metalloid line, [4] [5] the semimetal line, [6] or the staircase. [2] [n 1] While it has also been called the Zintl border [8] or the Zintl line [9] [10] these terms instead refer to a vertical line sometimes drawn between groups 13 and 14.
Adopted: 7 June 1929: Shield: The Fundamental Law of Vatican City State describes the shield as chiavi decussate sormontate del Triregno in campo rosso (keys in saltire surmounted by the papal tiara on a red field) and depicts the keys as two, one silver in bend and one gold in bend sinister, interlaced at their intersection with a red cord.
A psalm of David. / O LORD, our Lord, / how awesome is your name through all the earth! text and footnotes, usccb.org United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; Psalm 8:1 introduction and text, biblestudytools.com; Psalm 8 – The Glory of God in Creation enduringword.com; Psalm 8 / O Lord our governor, / how glorious is your name in all the ...