THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER HAS A GREAT ARTICLE ON PAPAL CORONATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS

Today, since coronations of popes no longer take place, the official term is the “Initiation of the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome.” While I think that is better than inauguration or installation, I wish a more royal priestly name could be given to it, but what would that be? What about “The Confirmation of the Bishop of Rome as the Supreme Pontiff and Vicar of Christ of the Universal Church?”

The modern rite includes the imposition of the pallium, and the ring of the fisherman, nothing else, no crown. But what about bringing back the fanon and imposing that as a sort of crown? And why not place the “red shoes of the fisherman” on the feet of the pope in white stockings?

Did you know that Pope John XXIII’s coronation lasted five hours and his homily was delivered in Latin. YIKES!

Read more about papal starts at the National Catholic Register:

All Eyes on Sunday: Leo XIV’s First Words May Cast His Image on Church’s Future

COMMENTARY: Papal initiation homilies have long served as moments of clarity, not only inaugurating a pontificate but auguring its direction.