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Papa Benedetto XVI

In a symbolic moment during the two-hour Mass officially 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. Photo by Grzegorz Galazka.
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(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.

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