Friday, March 15, 2013

Papal Trivia

No number.
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says the new pope's 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.
From the AP. All rights reversed.

4 comments:

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

Lighten up, Francis.

mikey said...

Sinatra struggled under the same kind of repressive regime...

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Papal Bull!

P.S. Francis is the patron Saint of animals. And also...my confirmation name.
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M. Bouffant said...

Zero-Tolerance Editor:
Yikes! A Papist!!