inaugural mass, this isn t like a presidential inauguration. he s been pope. this is a mass to invest him with the key symbols of his office. one is the pallium which is the cloth stoll symbolizing the chief shepherd of the church. the gold-plated ring, the fisherman s ring, which symbolizes his authority as the successor of peter, the leader of the catholic church. we re also going to see unveiled, so to speak, the pope s coat of arms. it has the latin letters ihs, when this symbol, meaning the cross, the symbol of the jesuit order from which he comes and a star representing mary, the star of the sea, and a flower representing joseph, mary s husband and the patron of the