THE INSTALLATION MASS OF POPE FRANCIS PRE COVERAGE.............

The Installation Mass of Pope Francis which will begin in about an hour from now, the "Beginning of the Petrine Ministry of the New Bishop of Rome", is a solemn ceremony inaugurating Pope Francis taking up his responsibilities as the Roman Bishop as well as Pastor of the Universal Church.  Pope Francis will open his Installation Day by publicly going to the Tomb of St. Peter, in the catacombs of the St. Peter's Basilica, before appearing outdoors in St. Peter's Square.  During the Installation Mass the new Holy Father will receive a Pallium, a woolen band, the symbol of the Good Shepherd, and the symbol of his being a Metropolitan Bishop; and the Fisherman's Ring, the sign that he like Peter and some ofthe other Apostles were fishermen, called by Jesus to be "fishers of men" persons male and female, to be Followers of Jesus The Christ.............tdp