METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOPS TO RECEIVE PALLIUM ON JUNE 29

VATICAN CITY, JUN 22, 2001 (VIS) - Pope John Paul II will preside at a concelebrated Mass on June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, at 6:30 p.m. in St. Peter's Square during which he will confer the pallium on a number of metropolitan archbishops.

The pallium, a circular band of white wool with pieces hanging in front and back on which are embroidered six black crosses, is placed on the shoulders of metropolitan archbishops and symbolizes their authority. The palliums are kept in a special chest beneath the Altar of the Confession in St. Peter's until the annual June 29 ceremony.

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