A "missionary dimension", this one, pointed out the Pope, which "needs to go hand in hand at all times with that of unity, embodied by Saint Peter, the rock on which Jesus Christ built His Church". As highlighted by the liturgy, "the charismas of the great Apostles must be joined together to build the only People of God, and Christians cannot give an effective testimony of Christ unless they are united". Then, the connection between "unity" and the "traditional rite" of the Pallium, imposed by the Pope on the Metropolitan Archbishops appointed during the last year: "There are 40 of them, and another two will receive it in their sees", recalled the Holy Father as he greeted them again and said it is a "cause of special joy for the Bishop of Rome to receive the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, in the beloved person of His Holiness Bartholomew I, to whom I renew my fraternal welcome, extending it to the whole Delegation of the Orthodox Church that he heads". "The Pauline Year, evangelisation, communion in the Church, and full unity of all Christians": these are the "great intentions" entrusted by the Pope to "Mary’s heavenly intercession". In greeting the Italian-speaking devotees at the end of the Angelus, Benedict XVI gave his "special regards to the city of Rome and the people who live there: may the Patron Saints Peter and Paul wished the Pope help the whole urban and diocesan community to preserve and enhance the wealth of its treasures of faith, history and art. I wish you all a great day!".” “
