the fact that the superior general is here, one of the major concelebrants. he was pro vinceal for the jesuits in argentinea. we ll see more. john allen, can you come back in. i think everybody has left actually, we still see some popes processing out. can you talk to us about what s going to happen next here? sure. once this procession is finished, once the cardinals have gathered around the altar and the pope has been seated, then there s a sort of corner stone moment of the inaugural will take place which is the bestowal of the pallium, the woolen cloth that symbolizes the role of the shepherd, the flock, and the bestowal of the fisherman s ring. the regular mass for the feast of saint joseph will begin.
imposition of the fisherman s ring symbolizing the authority of his office. the pallium will be given to him by jean-louis tauran and the pal yum will be given by the senior cardinal deacon. then we ll get the normal mass of the feast of saint joseph. what we re taking a look at here is all of the dignitaries that have decided to attend the mass today. you re taking a look at live pictures. we re going to take a quick break here and we ll be back with much more on the installation of pope francis.
loyalty and support for the new pope. john, is this ceremony typical for most of the ceremonies like that? is there anything different here? well, there are a couple of touches that are basically designed to sort of keep things moving so it doesn t take too long. for one thing, some of the traditional prayers in latin have been truncated, shortened and the pope has expressed a desire for some of them to be delivered in greek to describe the universe salt of the church. there are other small elements of the mass that have been eliminated in order to make sure that it s not too sprawling. in general, what we re going to be seeing today is the normal mass, the normal liturgy. the distinctive elements of the inaugural mass come at the beginning, which is the imposition of the pallium, the
ukraine, the catholic church in egypt. they follow the eastern orthodox liturgy and they are in full communion with rome. the pope wanted them to be with him to symbolize the full universe salt of the church. the riot to usously diverse. the procession. that s what i want to know. if you can walk us through and tell us what s happening. what s happening, this is the procession leading up from the tomb through the heart of st. peter s basilica. they are going out into st. peter s square to the altar area that has been set up where pope francis will lead this liturgy. before the mass begins the two key sort of ceremonial moments will be he will receive the pallium, the woolen band of
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