Francis receives symbols of papal power at inauguration
Pope Francis is bestowed the Fisherman’s Ring by Cardinal Angelo Sodano during his inaugural Mass, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis received the ring and pallium symbolizing his new papal powers at a grand ceremony in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday in front of world leaders and tens of thousands of pilgrims.
The pallium is a strip of lambswool that represents the pope’s role as a shepherd and the Fisherman’s Ring is named in honor of the first pope St. Peter, a fisherman by trade.
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