Abolished by John Paul I. Bring it back!
CORONATION, PAPAL. Liturgical action by which the newly elected Pope
had the tiara solemnly placed on his head by the senior cardinal-deacon. His
pontificate officially began on this date, although he possesses jurisdiction
from the moment he accepts the election by the cardinals. Pope John Paul I changed
the custom of papal coronation with the tiara. When assuming office on September
3, 1978, he was formally invested with the pallium instead of the traditional
papal tiara at a Mass he concelebrated with members of the college of cardinals.
The simplicity of the ceremony symbolized the Pope's sensitivity to the pastoral
needs of the Church and the world. Pope John Paul II followed the same practice
when he was invested the following month, on October 22, 1978. Referring to
the crowning with the tiara, he said on that occasion, "This is not the
time to return to a ceremony and an object considered--perhaps wrongly--to be
a symbol of the temporal power of the popes. Our time calls us, urges us, obliges
us, to gaze on the Lord and to immerse ourselves in humble and devout meditation
on the mystery of the supreme power of Christ himself."
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