RNS POPE PALLIUM

(RNS1) Pope Benedict XVI bestows the pallium (a woolen mantle that denotes the authority of an archbishop) on Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington during a ceremony at the Vatican in 2006. Religion News Service file photo by Joann Keane.

(RNS1) Pope Benedict XVI bestows the pallium (a woolen mantle that denotes the authority of an archbishop) on Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington during a ceremony at the Vatican in 2006. Religion News Service file photo by Joann Keane.

RNS POPE PALLIUM

(RNS1) Pope Benedict XVI bestows the pallium (a woolen mantle that denotes the authority of an archbishop) on Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington during a ceremony at the Vatican in 2006. Religion News Service file photo by Joann Keane.