you,” Francis concluded, imparting the papal blessing to all present
before closing the connection.
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POPE FRANCIS' RING
Vatican City, 19 March 2013 (VIS) – This is the history of the
Fisherman’s Ring that, beginning today, Pope Francis will wear on the
ring finger of his right hand.
Archbishop Pasquale Macchi, the personal secretary of Pope Paul VI, kept
the wax cast of the ring that had been designed for Paul VI by the Italian
artist Enrico Manfrini. (He also made several medals and other artistic
objects for Paul VI.) The ring
depicts St. Peter holding the keys. It was never cast into metal therefore
Paul VI never wore it. Instead, he always wore the ring that was commissioned
at the time of the Second Vatican Council.
When he passed away in 2006, the cast, along with other objects, was left
by Archbishop Macchi to Monsignor Ettore Malnati, who had worked closely with
him for
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many years. Msgr. Malnati made a ring of gold-plated silver from the wax cast.
This ring
was offered to Pope Francis, along with several other possible options, by the
Papal Master of Ceremonies, through the auspices of Cardinal Re. Pope Francis
chose it for his Ring of the Fisherman and it was bestowed upon him at this
morning's Mass of
the Inauguration of his Petrine Ministry.
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NOTICE
Vatican City, 19 March 2013 (VIS) – We inform our readers that Pope
Francis' papal coat of arms can be seen at our blogsite: http://
isnews-en.blogspot.it.
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