Those who were able to catch the telecast of the Palm Sunday or any of the Easter Triduum services Pope Benedict XVI presided over may have noticed something new about the pontiff. No, it's not his hair. It's his...bling-bling...pastoral staff I mean! Looks more like a processional cross (bottom photo) that altar servers carry before and after a mass than a pastoral staff.
To refresh your memory, the pope used to carry the staff used by his 3 immediate predecessors (top photo). I'm not privy to whether this new pastoral staff is just an Easter "thing" or is going to be a permanent one, but for sure it has given us a glimpse of what (else) is stored in the Vatican vault. This "new staff" was reportedly used by Pope Pius XII and possibly by Blessed John XXIII after him.
Does this mean we will be seeing the three-tiered Papal tiara anytime soon? (Yipee!!!)
Just asking.
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