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France is a gurls name.....

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well if that was the intent, he chose poorly.

Francis I was weak. He was the wife of Maria Theresa.... LOL.

He never really ruled anything, his wife was the boss.


If I were Pope trying to link to the HRE, that wouldnt be the guy I would connect to... just saying....

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So, can anyone give me the Reader's Digest version of how they choose the Pope's name?

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I was hoping someone would jump on the bandwagon and not research ...

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He wanted a masculine name.

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Never mind - - googled:

Once the cardinals select the new pope, in this case Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the real decision-making begins: That pope will have to settle on a new name.

“In the Bible, when you get a new job from God, you pick a new name or you’re given a new name, and that’s the [same] idea — they feel they’ve chosen to do this very weighty job and they need a name that will sort of help them and inspire them,” said William Portier, the chair of Catholic theology at the University of Dayton, in a CTV News report.

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Mercurius was the first Pope to change his name. He did so because he didn't think it proper to carry the name of a pagan god (mercury).

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This new Pope is 76 years old.
I figured they would choose someone
a bit younger this time.

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:nod

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I understand that this is the first Pope to go by Francis.
Evidently taken from St Francis of Assissi.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/world/...ame/?hpt=hp_t1

CNN Vatican analyst: Pope Francis' name 'precedent shattering'

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Allen described the name of Pope Francis as "the most stunning" choice and "precedent shattering."



El nuevo papa es latinoamericano

Latin American catholics: So proud, happy "There are cornerstone figures in Catholicism" such as St. Francis, Allen said. Figures of such stature as St. Francis seem "irrepeatable -- that there can be only one Francis," he added.

The name symbolizes "poverty, humility, simplicity and rebuilding the Catholic Church," Allen said.

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Hmmm...

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The news just said he chose Frances because it means "rebuild my church". Wonder if that's true?

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:heeheehee

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A friend of mine just posted this on Facebook - a conversation she had with her young daughter yesterday. I laughed so hard reading it that I just had to share it with all of you..............

"I had to do a system restore on M's laptop the other day, so she was sitting next to me on the couch, waiting anxiously as I rebooted and attempted to re-connect her to the internet.

The first image we saw as the MSN home-page came up was a "breaking news" bulletin announcing the election of the new Pope. Flexing her current event muscle, M. motioned at the screen and casually remarked that she heard that one of the Red Sox was up for the position.

I looked at her in sheer confusion until I made the connection - Red Sox > NBA > Cardinals > Pope - and promptly collapsed into a fit of laughter. She huffed: "Well, I knew it was SOMETHING red!" Which only made it worse. I wonder if she'll forgive me before she turns 21...?"

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:spit LOL!!!

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Or as I used to quip in catholic high school, about age 16:

"Saint Francis, A Sissy."

:icecream

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:heeheehee hopefully, he's not a sissy.