Pope Benedict’s new (but old) Pastoral Staff

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The Holy Father has broken from his immediate successors and pulled a new pastoral staff out from Vatican storage. This “new” staff was used by Pope Pius XII and Pope John XXIII.Here’s the new one:

For those interested, here is the history of the old “John Paul II Staff”.

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