page_title: Ceremonial of Benedict XVI
section_title: Pallium
hierarchical_section_title: Ceremonial of Benedict XVI / Pallium
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Papst Benedikt XVI., Pfingstmesse im Petersdom, 15. Mai 2005.English: Benedictus XVI in St Peter's Basilica, on May 15th, 2005.
context_page_description: The ceremonial of Benedict XVI re-introduced several papal garments which had previously fallen into disuse.
context_section_description: During his installment address, Pope Benedict XVI spoke at length about the significance of the pallium, and he has used an ancient version of the vestment, an Eastern design, used by the popes of the first millennium.  Beginning with the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June 2008) however Benedict XVI reverted to a form similar to that worn by his recent predecessors, albeit in a larger and longer cut and with red crosses, therefore remaining distinct from pallia worn by metropolitans.
  Benedict XVI also returned to wearing traditional forms of other liturgical vestments to emphasize the continuity of the papacy and the church.
caption: Pope Benedict in his distinctive ancient papal pallium
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