The Pope today imposed the pallium on 38 archbishops, three Spaniards and eight Latin American.
Vatican City, June 29 .- Thousands of people attend the church of St. Peter's Mass Pope officiating in the solemnity of Peter and Paul, the patterns of the Catholic Church, during which he will impose the pallium to 38 archbishops, including eleven Latin American.
Of these eleven, three were Spaniards, that of Sevilla, Oviedo and Valladolid and eight other Latin Americans, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama,, aika gold, Mexico and Brazil.
The ceremony of imposition of the pallium, symbol of communion with the Bishop of Rome, a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, headed by Gennadius, metropolitan (archbishop) of Sassima, co-secretary of the International Mixed Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox.
Every year, a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is the Vatican, ffxiv gil, on this date and November 30, the feast of St. Andrew, the patron saint of the Orthodox Church, one of the Holy See delegation travels to Istanbul, seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
The Orthodox Church also venerates St. Peter and St. Paul as the standards of the Universal Church.
Upon completion of the ceremony, the, sto credits, Pope and Gennadius descend to the Vatican Grottoes to pray before the tomb of St. Peter.
On the occasion of the celebration, the bronze statue of the apostle St. Peter exists in the central nave of the Vatican basilica has been coated, as is tradition, with pontifical vestments and has been placed on his head a golden miter.
Yesterday, the pope celebrated in the basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, which houses the remains of the Apostle to the Gentiles the eve of the day, during which he announced the creation of a new evangelization Pontifical Council for the West.
The role of this new pontifical council will, as said, to promote a renewed evangelization in countries where the Gospel has already taken root, "but show a progressive secularization of society."
