Two fluffy lambs were given a holy blessing in an ancient tradition to mark the feast of St Agnes.Pope Benedist blessed the little animals - which are raised by Trappist monks - yesterday whose fleece will be shorn to make the palliums that are given to new metropolitan archbishops.
Every year on June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the Pope presents the pallium to each prelate who has been named as an archbishop during the preceding year.
The blessing honours St Agnes, a 4th-century martyr whose symbol is a lamb.
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