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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