Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Buenos Aires, Argentina became Pope in 2013, and he chose Francis as
his papal name.
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, whose
papal name is Pope Francis, becomes the 266th pope in the history of the Catholic Church.
For
his papal name, Angelo Giuseppe looked to the Bible.
George Weigel on Pope Francis» view of poverty: Here, the Holy Father took the opportunity to explain, once again, his choice of
papal name, while using that exercise to make two important points.
Here, the Holy Father took the opportunity to explain, once again, his choice of
papal name, while using that exercise to make two important points.
Not exact matches
But now comes the first pope to take as his regnal title the
name of one of Catholicism's most popular saints, and the reinvention of Francesco Bernardone has started all over again — this time, in the form of projecting onto St. Francis what observers admire in his
papal namesake.
Catholic News Service: Pope
names six new cardinals, including US Archbishop Harvey Pope Benedict XVI surprised pilgrims in St. Peter's Square Oct. 24 by announcing he would create six new cardinals, including 63 - year - old U.S. Archbishop James M. Harvey, prefect of the
papal household, in late November.
The
Papal Encyclical Populorum Progressio of 1967 had spoken of economic development as the new
name for peace.
One of Pius VII's wisest decisions was to
name Ercole Consalvi his secretary of state, creating this layman a cardinal — Consalvi was ordained a deacon at the time — and putting him in charge of virtually the entire apparatus of
papal governance.
When Pope Francis announced his Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, now underway, he accompanied it with a beautiful
papal bull, Misericordiae Vultus, which disappeared almost as soon as it was issued.Fortunately, in his new book, The
Name of God is Mercy, co-authored with Andrea Tornielli, Francis....
In the end, any theology worthy of the
name would need to work out some accommodation between the structures of the Church, on the one hand, with its monarchical
papal authority, its traditions and practice, and, on the other, Scripture, the written record of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, together with the records of the life and teachings of the group of His first followers.
The legends gather — Brazilian midfielder Falcao joined by the short and speedy winger, Bruno Conti —
names that may mean nothing to you, but who in Rome command almost
papal reverence.
The
Papal twitter account, which I wrote about in my earlier Epolitics.com article, listed the twitter
name «sede vacante» from the time that Pope Benedict XVI officially stepped down until this conclave.
They had been joined by Mandorff's deputy, the Dean of the Master of
Papal Ceremonies, a cheerful, tubby Italian monsignor
named Epifano, who would be his chief assistant during the Mass..