Pope Leo will impose the pallium on new archbishops during Mass on June 29, restoring a tradition that was discontinued by Pope Francis in 2015.
The imposition of the pallium—a white vestment symbolic of the authority of a metropolitan archbishop—has traditionally been imposed on newly appointed archbishops on the feast of St. Peter and Paul. The Pontiff personally imposes the vestment, as a symbol of communion between the archbishop and the Holy See.
Pallium in the Museum of Archdiocese in Gniezno. Photo credit: Piotrus, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
