Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15
THE PALClUM.

All About the Insignia of Archiepiscopal
Authority in the Catholic Church.
The large painting in the nave of the
subterranean church represents st. Pc
ter installing st. Clement and invest
ing him with the pallium, the symbol
of universal jurisdiction. 1t may be
said, en- PEASANT, that Cardinal who
is not an Archbishop can not wear it.
One of the first ceremonies after Car
dinal is elected to the papal chair, al
though he may be Cardinal Bishop,
is to invest him with the pallium. St.
Clement became Pope in A. ID. 81. St.
Clement in the painting is facing the
people, as priest does when he says
''Dominus Vobiscum. His pallium is
almost the same as the new one now
in use, with the slight difference that
the ancient one is longer 1t extends
from the shoulders down in front of the
body, to an inch or two below the
knees. The pallium now used does not
90 below the breast. 1t is made of
white woIl, dotted with black crosses,
fastened by golden pins, studded with
precious stones, and is about the
width of an ordinary suspender. 1t is
put on over the head; the end hangs
on the heart over the chasube. When
the Pope says mass in St. Peters it is
the ninth article of his vcstmentS which
he puts on.
When the person to be invested is
not at Rome, the pallium is sent by a
trusty messenger, always an ecclesi-
astic, who, for the time being, is COM
missioned the Pope's messenger, and
who is bound to be received as such
whcresOever he may tarry, to receive
all kind, of spiritual aid and comfort,
and no one, under severe censure, is to
hinder or delay him in his journey. He
delivers the packet containing the pal
lium to the person designated by the
Cardinal Project of the Propaganda to
receive it, and to no one else. He is
not relieved of his responsibility until
the act of investlture is concluded. He
is a guest at the cercmonu, and Occu-
pies place of honor throughout, be-
cause he is the Pope's messenger. He
is generally the recipient of some valu-
able present from the invested prelate,
who is bound forthwith to report the day
of his investure, the name of the messen-
ger, and of the prelate who placed the
pallium upon his shoulders, etc. The lat
teris invariably some Bishop named at
Rome
The pallium is only worn on solemn
occasions, as Christmas, Easter Sum
day. etc. When the prelate dies upon
whom it has been vestured it is buried
with him, resting upon his shoulders.
and pendant upon his breast as in life.
The first Archbishop, the late DIR.
Hughes, of this city, received the pal
lium from the hands of the late Plus
TX, in 1850, at Rome. Cardinal Nc
ClOsky was invested in 1864, i'll St Pat
rick's Cathedral. Mulberry street To
understand how important the pallium
is we must bear in mind that. unlike
the bull nominating priest to be
Bishop, which is often sent by mail, the
pallium must be and always is carried
by a messenger. 1t is true thas bulls
are sent by messengers when Oppor-
tune, but many of them are transmit
ted by mail to the metropolitan of the
archdiocese wherein the inchoate Bish-
op resides. 1t will be observed that
the number of Archbishops is quite
small throughout the world. There
are only twelve in the United States.
one in England. four. in Ireland and
one in Scotland. 1t is vely inpress-
i've ceremony. but of course not 10 be
compared in length to that of conse-
Grafton, yet the comforting of the pal
lium always has been held in profound
generation because it is, as awhole. the
highest step one can attain in the
Church.-N. y. Herald.