PALLIUM SPEAKER — Cardinal Francis E. George addresses the audience at the Cousins Center during the first Pallium Lecture of 2006. (Catholic Herald photo by Sam Lucero)
ST. FRANCIS — As he knelt in the muddy grass in Cologne, Germany last August, along with Pope Benedict and nearly a million youth before the Eucharist in adoration at World Youth Day, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago said he experienced a moment when a mystery of his faith came together.
Speaking to more than 600 people at the Cousins Center for the first of four lectures in the annual Pallium Lecture Series, Cardinal George described how in that moment he recognized the link between the Eucharist and the papacy.
“At the deepest level, I believe the office of Peter and the gift of the Eucharist belong together,” he said, during his presentation titled, “At the Holy Center: Pope Benedict XVI.”
