Is it Francis or Francis the 1st?

[Bucky]

What's this "Francis the First" business? I mean, we don't know for a fact that's there's gonna be any other Francii, right? He could turn out to be a crappy pope, or maybe he never even has any sons, or he has a son and doesn't name the kid after himself, but gives the kid a normal name like Fred or Tivo. So the next Pope would be Pope Tivo, not Pope Francis the 2nd. Right? It's not like they call the first pope Peter the 1st. It's just Peter, or "The Rock" as Jesus called him, cause Jesus could totally smell what was cooking.

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[Spider Jerusalem]

1. It's just "Francis".

Like "King Stephen" and "King John" (because England and later Great Britain and the United Kingdom have not had any more monarchs called either Stephen or John). If there's another Francis, THEN it's "Pope Francis I", to distinguish them; as there are no other Popes Francis, there's no need for the distinction.

[Tx4obama]

2. The Vatican said...

for now it is just plain: Francis

and in the 'future' IF there is another Francis 'then' it will become: Francis I and Francis II

[JVS]

3. Do people call you Bucky Sr.?