When Archbishop Cupich received the pallium – a special vestment made of lamb's wool – on his shoulders Aug. 23, he did so in a demonstration of unity that he said extended from the people in the pews to the bishops who joined him in the sanctuary to Pope Francis. He was invested with the pallium by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, after receiving it from Pope Francis in the Vatican on June 29.
Archbishop Cupich bows his head in prayer during the start of the Aug. 23 Mass in which he was invested with the pallium by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States. . (John H. White/Catholic New World)
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