Deacons hold palliums — woolen bands worn by metropolitan archbishops to symbolize their authority and unity with the pope — during Mass for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2024. Archbishop Joe S. Vásquez will attend the June 29, 2025, Pallium Mass set to be celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where he will receive his pallium from the pope.
Read more on the significance of the pallium at https://www.archgh.org/news-events/news/latest-news/latest-news/archbishop-v%C3%A1squez-s-statement-on-receiving-the-pallium/
(CNS photo/Lola Gomez)