Catholic Review Online: Pallium pilgrimage a ‘sign of unity’

George P. Matysek, Jr. of Catholic Review Online has a summary of the upcoming trip to Rome by Archbishop Edwin O'Brien to receive his pallium. Here is a snippet from the article:

As Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien prepares to travel to Rome to receive his pallium, he views the occasion not so much as a personal honor, but as a way of celebrating what the Archdiocese of Baltimore represents.

Pope Benedict XVI will confer the pallium, a white woolen vestment worn over the chasuble, on Archbishop O’Brien June 29 at St. Peter’s Basilica.

In the Latin rite, the pallium symbolizes the office of a metropolitan archbishop. As archbishop of Baltimore, Archbishop O’Brien is the metropolitan of the Province of Baltimore, made up of the Baltimore archdiocese and the suffragan sees of the dioceses of Richmond, Va.; Wilmington, Del.; Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va.; and Arlington, Va.

“It will be a great privilege for me to represent the great people of this archdiocese,” said Archbishop O’Brien. “It’s a sign of our unity as an archdiocese with the Holy Father and with all the other archdioceses and dioceses of the world.”

See the rest of the story here for news on pilgrimages to Rome to view the conferral.