In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI blesses two lambs, at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. The pontiff blessed two lambs whose wool will be shorn later this year to make a shawl for newly appointed archbishops to wear. The blessing took place on the feast day of St. Agnes, a martyr of early Christianity who is often symbolized by a lamb. In the ritual, the pope blessed the animals, who were laying down in two baskets, each wearing a crown of flowers on its head. New archbishops receive the wool pallium, a band of white wool decorated with black crosses that is a sign of pastoral authority and a symbol of the archbishops' bond with the pope. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI pats a lamb at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
Reminder, that wool will form the palliums of two US Cardinals.