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Pope Francis blesses the pallia for new Metropolitan Archbishops and reflects on how the people of God are called to follow Jesus

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the mold of Sts. Peter and Paul, Catholics are called to be members of a church that constantly follows Jesus and proclaims his word by putting preaching at the center of its ministry, Pope Francis said.  Dressed in red vestments to recall the apostles martyrdom, during his homily at a Mass for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peters Basilica June 29, Pope Francis reflected on how Romes patron saints responded to the most essential and most important questio

Although Archbishop Frank Thomas will be bringing the woolen band home this week, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, will officially confer the pallium on him Oct. 2, the feast of the Guardian Angels, which is the archdiocese's patron feast.

The rapid and sustained growth of both the general population and especially of the Catholic population in Nevada has resulted in the decision of Pope Francis to make Las Vegas a metropolitan archdiocese and to assign the other and older Nevada Diocese of Reno and the neighboring Diocese of Salt Lake City in Utah as its suffragan sees.