Some impressions from the Mass and procession on the feast of Corpus Christi celebrated by Pope Benedict in Rome:
The Holy Father is wearing a Roman chasuble - the same as for the Epiphany:
The introit Cibávit eos is sung:
The Most Holy Name is sung in the Gloria (note Pope Benedict's coat of arms on the backdrop, and St. Pius X's on the back of the throne):
The sequence Lauda Sion Salvatorem is sung:
The homily:
Offertory:
Here we see the arms of Paul VI on the chasuble:
The canon:
The altar:
Holy Communion:
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament:
The Sacrament is transferred to the vehicle for the procession:
The procession begins:
The procession has reached St. Mary Major. Adoration at the stational altar:
Veneremur cernui (from Pope Benedict's coat of arms on the cope we can infer that it is a new cope made for him. It is very lightweight, indubitably in view of the Pope's advanced age and the heat of the Roman summer):
The monstrance is given to the Holy Father...
...for the Eucharistic blessing: