(RNS9-APR24) In a symbolic moment during the two-hour Mass officialy installing Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez of Chile places a pallium around Benedict’s neck. The pallium, a woolen stole, is a symbol of the mission of the pastor, who like the good shepherd, must lead the lost sheep of humanity out of the desert, the new pope said. See RNS-POPE-INSTALLATION, transmited April 24, 2005. Photo by Grzegorz Galazka.
Papa Benedetto XVI
February 11, 2013