Posted on 03/13/2013 12:29:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
For comparison, King George VI of Britain (the one from The King's Speech) was baptized Albert, but took the name George, after his father, when he was crowned.
The past two hundred or so Popes have taken regnal names, in order to honor someone they admired.
I'm not Catholic ... so this really isn't my game. But ... born in 1936? He's 78. Certainly has to be precedent for a Pope that's in his 50s. Would've been nice to have somebody young enough to last a while. Gonna have to do the whole thing over again in a few years.
SnakeDoc
He’s the first person from the Western Hemisphere to be elected Pope.
Glad to see Pope Francis lighten up the scene!
We’re not Catholic but watched the revelation and were EXTREMELY moved. Awesome! Bless him and all Christianity.
Too funny !!
Wow. A Jesuit and an American!
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IIRC, Popes started taking a new name when a man named Peter was elected. Not wanting to duplicate the name of the original Peter, he took another name.
That’s awesome!! And he seems to have a sense of humor too!
Some crank will find a way to shoehorn that fake prophecy into this election. Somehow.
He’s 76 years old but doesn’t look 76..looks like a young 76 so God willing he has many many years ahead of him
I’d like to see the Bozo who put their money on Richard Dawkins.
I don’t see anything to indicate he’s an American.
It’s still Frank’s World, we just get to live in it.
Prayers for my Catholic brethren in Christ, that the leadership of your Church has chosen wisely and selected a man who will do God’s work as His servant on earth.
The announcement and first view of our new pope came during the hour of mercy in my time zone :)
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