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Francis without Roman numeral
VATICAN CITY (AP) The Vatican says the new popes official name is Pope Francis, without a Roman numeral.
Spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi sought to clear up any possible confusion, noting that Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who announced the name to the world, said simply Francis. It is listed that way in the first Vatican bulletin on the new pope.
It will become Francis I after we have a Francis II, Lombardi quipped.
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http://www.salon.com/2013/03/13/francis_without_roman_numeral/
DURHAM D
(32,603 posts)I was really really worried about what to call him.
LTR
(13,227 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Start with His Royal Bigotry XI?
No offense to Catholic lay folk, but I have no use for the leadership.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Papa Francesco: http://www.corriere.it/
I wish the 'whole word' would use the same name.
Edited to add...
Latin: Papa FRANCISCVS
JHB
(37,152 posts)Demoiselle
(6,787 posts)I'm not an expert on saints, and I'm not a Catholic, but I've always liked Saint Francis. Kind to animals and humans...