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From AsiaNews:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Benedict XVI today imposed the pallium on 46 metropolitan archbishops in a sign of their communion with the Apostolic See during mass in St Peter\u2019s basilica.  The pallium is a stole made of lamb\u2019s wool, symbolizing the bishop\u2019s vocation as pastors to care for Christ\u2019s flock and his lost sheep. It bears five embroidered crosses, a sign of Christ\u2019s wounds and was blessed by the pope after having been placed on the Confessional, the tomb of the apostle Peter, underlining unity with the pontiff and the See of Peter.<\/p>\n

Among those who received the pallium, there were Indian and Philippine bishops. A further 5 prelates not present in the basilica will receive it in their own diocese.  <\/p>\n

As has become tradition, there was also a delegation from the ecumenical patriarchate of Constantinople present at the ceremony. This year the delegation was composed by Emmanuel Adamidis, Greek orthodox archbishop of France, director of the Orthodox Church office at the European Union; Gennadios Limouris, metropolitan of Sassima, Co-president of the mixed international commission for dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox Church, and deacon Andreas Sofianopoulos, from the Patriarchal seat of Fanar.<\/p>\n

For years now the Church of Rome and Constantinople send delegations to celebrations marking the feast of the apostles, patrons of the two Churches, Peter (June 29) and Andrew (November 30).  November 30th last the Pope himself, on official visit to Turkey, took part in the feast of St Andrew in Constantinople, together with Patriarch Bartholomew I.<\/p>\n

This ecumenical dimension, linked to the ministry of Peter and the primate, was the theme of the pontiff\u2019s homily. \u201cPeter\u2019s confession \u2013 said the pope \u2013 cannot be separated from his pastoral duty to Christ\u2019s flock\u201d, the so called \u201cpower of the keys\u201d (Mt<\/em> 16, 17-19).<\/p>\n

With the subtlety of a theologian, Benedict XVI explained that the confession of full faith in Jesus as the Son of God, is not just something which belongs to the Church in general, rather it is something entrusted in particular to Peter, a \u201ctask conferred on Peter by the Lord\u2026. rooted in the personal relationship between the historic Jesus and Simon the fisherman, starting from their very first encounter, when Christ says to him : \u201cYou are Simon \u2026 you will be called Cefa (which means Peter)" (Jn <\/em>1,42). Again: \u201cChrist entrusted Peter with a very particular task, recognising in him a special gift of faith from the heavenly Father\u201d. Correcting some erroneous interpretations along protestant lines, which place Peter and Paul\u2019s vocation on the same level, the pontiff clarified: \u201cParallels between Peter and Paul are suggestive, but they cannot diminish the weight of Simon\u2019s historic journey with his Master and Lord, who from the very beginning characterised him as the \u201crock\u201d upon which the new community, the Church, would be built\u201d.<\/p>\n

The ministry of Peter, the pontiff underlined, is to insure the fullness of the Christian faith. Inspired by today\u2019s Gospel and by Christ\u2019s two questions to his disciples, ("Who do people say that the Son of Man is \u2013 But who do you say that I am?\u201d Mt16,13-20),the pope explained : \u201cPeople think that Jesus is a prophet\u201d, but that is inadequate. \u201cGreat scholars \u2013 continued Benedict XVI \u2013 recognise his spiritual and moral stature and his influence on the history of humanity, comparing him to Buddha, Confucius, Socrates and other great thinkers and figures in history\u201d but they \u201cfail to grasp \u2026.. They fail to recognise his unique entity\u201d. Faced with these people\u2019s response, fruit of an \u201cexternal\u201d consciousness of the figure of Jesus, \u201cwe want to make Peter\u2019s response our own. According to Mark\u2019s Gospel he says: \u2018You are the Messiah\u2019 (8, 29); in Luke the affirmation is \u2018The Messiah of God\u2019 (9, 20); in Mathew: \u2018You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God\u2019 (16, 16); and finally in John: \u2018you are the Holy One of God\u2019 (6, 69). They were all the right answers, also valid for us\u201d.<\/p>\n

Peter\u2019s confession needed to be \u2018corrected\u2019 by Jesus: \u201cin the synoptic Gospels \u2013 continues the pope – Peter\u2019s confession is always closely followed by Christ\u2019s announcement of his imminent passion.  An announcement which provokes a reaction from Peter, who is as of yet unable to comprehend. And yet it is a fundamental element, an element on which Jesus insists with strength\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cToday as in Christ\u2019s time \u2013 continues the pope – it is not enough to possess the right confession of faith: it is always necessary to learn from the Lord the way in which he is the Saviour and the path we must take to follow him. We must recognise that, even for the believer, the Cross is always hard to accept. Our instincts push us to avoid it, and the tempter leads us to believe that it is wiser to save ourselves than lose our lives for our faith in the love of the Son of God made man\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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