PONTIFICAL APPROBATIONS

Pope Leo XIII in 1896 confirmed the Sodality of the Infant of Prague by granting plenary indulgence to the devotion.
Pope Saint Pius X established the Confraternity of the Infant Jesus of Prague under the canonical guidance of the Order of Discalced Carmelites on 30 March 1913. The Papal bull (Significat Nobis) was signed and executed by Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val
Pope Pius XI granted the first Canonical Coronation to the image of Infant Jesus of Prague through Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val on 27 September 1924
Pope Benedict XVI in September 2009 made an Apostolic visit to Czech Republic and visited the Shrine of Infant Jesus of Prague. The Pontiff donated a golden crown which is at present worn by the statue. (The 1924 "cushion crown" of the image is now kept in the Carmelite museum on display.)

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