Ring of Pope Francis

Ring of Pope Francis

Vatican Press Office

Archbishop Pasquale Macchi, (d. 2006) former personal secretary of Pope Paul VI, kept the wax cast of a ring made for Paul VI by the artist, by Henry Manfrini.  The ring depicts Peter holding keys. (Manfrini had made several medals and other artistic objectsfor Paul VI). The ring was never cast into metal, and Paul VI had never worn it because he always wore the ring that was commissioned at the time of the Second Vatican Council.  Archbishop Macchi left the cast, along with other objects, to Monsignor Ettore Malnati, who worked closely with him for many years.  Monsignor Malnati made a ring of gold-plated silver from the wax cast. This was offered to Pope Francis, along with several other possible rings, by the Papal Master of Ceremonies, through the auspices of Cardinal Re.  It was this ring that Pope Francis [chose] to be the ring of the Fisherman, presented to him at the Mass of Inauguration of his Petrine Ministry.

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