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  • Pilgrimage to Rome opportunity for pilgrims to live faith

    Living our faith in our daily lives is an experience most of us strive for. Experiencing our faith in the city that built many of our traditions — Rome — is a moving experience, one that humbly reminds us of our Christian roots.

    When Archbishop Carlson received his pallium, the ultimate symbol of his...

  • Archbishop Carlson receives pallium at Mass in Rome

    Bishops must be tender shepherds, loving their flocks “from God’s perspective,” Pope Benedict XVI told archbishops receiving their pallia June 29 during a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

    “Seeing from God’s perspective is seeing with love that wants to serve the...

  • Text of Pope Benedict XVIs homily at pallium Mass
    On Monday, 29 June, the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul, the Holy Father celebrated the 58th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood with a Eucharistic Concelebration during which he conferred the pallium on 34 Metropolitan Archbishops. The following is a translation of the Holy Father's Homily, which was...
  • New archbishops find pallium shows their ties to pope, parishioners

    VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Receiving the woolen pallium from the pope underlines an archbishop's unique ties to the vicar of Christ in Rome and to his own flock of parishioners back home, said a number of archbishops from the United States and Canada.

    The pallium "strikes me as somewhat of a wedding ring...

  • Bishops must be loving shepherds, pope tells archbishops

    VATICAN CITY (CNS) –– Bishops are called to watch over their faithful not like "a prison guard," but with the same love and concern that God watches over the world, Pope Benedict XVI said.

    "To watch from God's perspective is to watch with that love that wants to serve the other, to help...

  • Pallium pilgrimage begins with long day of travel, Mass at Vatican

    Rome –– Archbishop Robert Carlson and almost 40 pilgrims, both priests and laity, arrived Friday in Rome for the start of an eight-day pilgrimage for the pallium ceremony.

    Archbishop Carlson and most of the pilgrims were greeted at the airport in Rome by Archbishop Raymond Burke, Archbishop Emeritus...

  • Abp. Carlson to recieve pallium; Review will provide daily coverage

    Archbishop Robert Carlson will travel to Rome to receive his pallium June 29. The St. Louis Review will travel with the archbishop and pilgrims to cover the event and tours of Rome.

    The pallium is a circular stole worn by an archbishop as a symbol of his first priority: a shepherd of the faithful. The pallium is...

  • Mass of installation set for June 10 at cathedral

    Prayer service to be held June 9; pallium trip also planned next month

    The installation of Archbishop-elect Robert J. Carlson has been set for next month.

    Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia and former St. Louis archbishop, will install the archbishop-elect as the 10th bishop and...