梵蒂冈城（亚洲新闻）「只有跟随耶稣，才能融入这个新的兄弟情谊。」这是教宗本笃十六世今早在圣伯多禄大殿主持弥撒，阐释了圣伯多禄和保禄瞻礼的意义。「兄弟情谊」在今日庆节中具有重要意义，因为礼仪中有一个来自君士坦丁堡普世牧首的代表团，以及44位由教宗授予肩带的新的都会总主教。肩带是与伯多禄圣座共融的标记。英国西敏寺合唱团（圣公会）与西斯汀教堂歌咏团一起献唱圣歌，加强了「合一精神」。

教宗解释说：「基督徒传统一直认为圣伯多禄和圣保禄是分不开的：的确，他们一起是代表了整个基督的福音；在罗马，他们的连系，象征在信仰中成为兄弟，一起获得特别意义。的确，这城市的基督徒团体视他们为一种抗衡罗马神话中的罗穆卢斯和瑞摩斯兄弟，他们被称为罗马的创始人。

他续说：「伯多禄和保禄是两个非常不同的人，尽管二人之间有矛盾，但表明了这是作为兄弟的新方式。他们按照福音生活，是一种借着基督福音的恩宠临在他们身上而成就的方式。」

教宗说：「只有跟随耶稣，才能融入这个新的兄弟情谊。这是今天庆典给予我们每人首要和基本的讯息，就是追求完全共融。这也是宗主教和罗马主教，以至所有基督徒都盼望的事。」

目前，与东正教（及圣公会）的对话停滞。

教宗本笃十六世阐释今天的福音（玛窦福音16:13-19），强调伯多禄（教宗）的角色。相比次下，当耶稣预示他的苦难、死亡和复活，西门伯多禄的人性反应，开始劝他说，这决不会发生在你身上（16:22）；耶稣反过来回答：「撒殚，退到我后面去！你是我的绊脚石，因为你所体会的，不是天主的事，而是人的事。」（16:23）

教宗结束讲道，向在场的都会总主教，呼吁彼此之间的共融，但也向东正教代表团作出同样的吁请。他向都会总主教们说，他赋予你们肩带，要时刻提醒要共融。教宗授予肩带的都会总主教的名单：

1. Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, archbishop of Berlin, Germany.
2. Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico.
3. Archbishop Francesco Moraglia, patriarch of Venice, Italy.
4. Archbishop Alfredo Horacio Zecca of Tucuman, Argentina.
5. Archbishop Mario Alberto Molina Palma O.A.R. of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapan, Guatemala.- Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput O.F.M. Cap. of Philadelphia, U.S.A.
6. Archbishop Luc Cyr of Sherbrooke, Canada.- Archbishop Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon of Ayacucho or Huamanga, Peru.
7. Archbishop Francesco Panfilo S.D.B. of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
8. Archbishop Ulises Antonio Gutierrez Reyes O. de M. of Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela.
9. Archbishop Stanislaw Budzik of Lublin, Poland.- Archbishop Wilson Tadeu Jonck S.C.I. of Florianopolis, Brazil.
10. Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher of Gatineau, Canada.
11. Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle of Manila, Philippines.
12. Archbishop Patrick D'Rozario C.S.C. of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
13. Archbishop Wiktor Pawel Skworc of Katowice, Poland.
14. Archbishop Jose F. Advincula of Capiz, Philippines.
15. Archbishop Filippo Santoro of Taranto, Italy.
16. Archbishop Jose Francisco Rezende Dias of Niteroi, Brazil.
17. Archbishop Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias of Porto Velho, Brazil.
18. Archbishop Jaime Vieira Rocha of Natal, Brazil.
19. Archbishop Joseph Harris C.S.Sp. of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
    Archbishop Waclaw Depo of Czestochowa, Poland.
20. Archbishop Ignatius Chama of Kasama, Zambia.
21. Archbishop Pascal Wintzer of Poitiers, France.
22. Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati, India.
23. Archbishop William Charles Skurla of Pittsburgh of the Byzantines, U.S.A.
24. Archbishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi, Pakistan.
25. Archbishop Romulo Geolina Valles of Davao, Philippines.
26. Archbishop Airton Jose dos Santos of Campinas, Brazil.
27. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe S.D.B. of Perth, Australia.
28. Archbishop Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho of Teresina, Brazil.
29. Archbishop Thomas D'Souza of Calcutta, India.
30. Archbishop Arrigo Miglio of Cagliari, Italy.
31. Archbishop John F. Du of Palo, Philippines.
32. Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto of Uberaba, Brazil.
33. Archbishop Christian Lepine of Montreal, Canada.
34. Archbishop William Edward Lori of Baltimore, U.S.A.
35. Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge of Brisbane, Australia.
36. Archbishop Jesus Carlos Cabrero Romero of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
37. Archbishop Andrew Yeom Soo jung of Seoul, Korea.
38. Archbishop Benedito Roberto C.S.Sp. of Malanje, Angola.
39. Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins of Lagos, Nigeria.
40. Archbishop Samuel Joseph Aquila of Denver, U.S.A.
    The following two archbishops will receive the pallium in their metropolitan sees:
41. Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye of Kumasi, Ghana.
42. Archbishop Valery Vienneau of Moncton, Canada.