Sunday, April 24, 2005

Imposition of Pallium and Conferral of Ring

Pope reaches out to ‘believers and nonbelievers’
Hundreds of thousands gather for Benedict XVI’s inaugural Mass

The Associated Press
Updated: 1:11 p.m. ET April 24, 2005

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI formally began his stewardship of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, reaching out to Jews, other Christians and “nonbelievers alike,” and asking for prayers from the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and dignitaries gathered in St. Peter’s Square as he assumed “this enormous task.”

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