[Uncle Chip]

That's the one --- its called the Papal Cross in heraldry. I had a book with a picture showing Pope Leo the Great holding it and wondered if he was the originator of the useage of the Papal Cross and just where the idea for it came from.

I also see people crossing themselves three times --- on the forehead, the mouth, and breast. I don't remember seeing people do that when I was younger. Isn't a single sign of the cross sufficient??? Why three???

[tiki]

It is at the reading of the gospel that we cross our foreheads, lips and heart to ask God “May the Word be in my mind, on my lips, and in my heart.”