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# Consistory of Pius XII on 18 February 1946: a colour photograph of the ceremony appointing 32 new cardinals
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/chrezvychaino-redkii-tsvetnoi-snimok-papskoi-konsistorii-18-fevralia-1946-goda/
- Published: 2023-02-02T18:49:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:59:47.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Faith, Rome

An extremely rare colour photograph of the papal consistory of 18 February 1946\. A cardinal kisses the slipper of Pope Pius XII as a token of obedience and devotion to the Pontiff. The rite precedes the bestowal of the cardinal's red galero hat. On that day 32 new cardinals were created, so that the papal slippers were quite literally smothered in kisses from the lips of the prelates of the Church