From the AP. All rights reversed.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.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Papal Trivia
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4 comments:
Lighten up, Francis.
Sinatra struggled under the same kind of repressive regime...
Papal Bull!
P.S. Francis is the patron Saint of animals. And also...my confirmation name.
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Zero-Tolerance Editor:
Yikes! A Papist!!
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