Thursday, June 22, 2006

POPE TO IMPOSE PALLIUM ON NEW METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOPS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 22, 2006 (VIS) - At 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, June 29, Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, Benedict XVI will preside at a Eucharistic concelebration in the Vatican Basilica, with a number of metropolitan archbishops, upon whom he will impose the pallium, according to a note made public today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. The pallium is a band of white wool embroidered with six black crosses, symbolizing the authority of metropolitan archbishops.
OCL/ST. PETER:ST. PAUL/...                            VIS 20060622 (100)

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