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March 13th, 2013
06:29 PM ET
CNN Vatican analyst: Pope Francis' name choice 'precedent shattering'(CNN) - Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, the new pope, is breaking historic ground by choosing the name Francis. It's the first time the name is being used by a pope, said CNN Vatican expert John Allen. Pope Francis chose his name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi because he is a lover of the poor, said Vatican deputy spokesman Thomas Rosica. "Cardinal Bergoglio had a special place in his heart and his ministry for the poor, for the disenfranchised, for those living on the fringes and facing injustice," Rosica said. St. Francis, one of the most venerated figures in the Roman Catholic Church, was known for connecting with fellow Christians, Rosica added. Allen described the name selection as "the most stunning" choice and "precedent shattering." FULL STORY |
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Stunning and shattering? How about "Pope GonnaStopLyingAndStonewallingAboutThePedophiliaScandal" instead? Or "Pope GonnaWorryAboutMyOwnDefectsAndNotPassJudgementOnHowOthersLiveTheirLives"?
Those would be stunning. Never going to happen though.
God bless Pope Francis! God bless all Catholics!
A real god wold bless everybody. Only a fake man-made god would be so capricious and arbitrary.
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New hindu crook donkey head, secular Pope, self proclaimed sovereign hindu sanatan shaman man god is none other than a child of Italian hindu secular ism Mafia, out to hind humanity with kosher salami in to hindu Catholic ism, compound of hinduism pagan ism and hindu, corrupted teaching of Israelite. Way of hindu crook Pundits to lour innocent in to hindu gentile ism slavery of hindu crook Jews, secular s.
Mohammaaaaaaaad WASH YOUR HANDS NOW!!! How many times I told you, every time you clean your ass with your hands, you MUST wash your hands? And stop using that training potty, that is for your grand son, not for you idiot.
Who in the world cares? I mean beside the romanists.
It looks like Atheists do care about the Pope.
There is no God but you can still have fun.
or
There is no fun, but you can still have God.
it could have been even more shattering, had he continued with real name Jorge
Or Lando II
I didn't do it !!! I didn't do it !!!
Ok; if you didn't do it who did it?
Did you look the other way?
Did you ignore the issues?
Were they your friends?
Did you cover-up?
Are you or are you not?
Guess they didn't like to actually use a real descriptive moniker like "King of the Pedos".
Pope Frankie. 😀 😀
Frankie who? Please explain.
Relax – Frankie goes to Vaticano.
Or Hollywood. Either way.
What CNN intern did this photo essay:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/world/gallery/my-name-is-francis/index.html
The "Francis Bacon" they included is a 20th century artist. It's a wonder they didn't include the English cricketer instead.
Somehow they left out the Elizabethan philosopher:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon
LOL. Darn – I tried to see if Kevin Bacon had a brother or uncle named Francis, but no luck – lol.
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also played alonside Sir Laurence Olivier the same year in 'Wuthering Heights'.
Sir Laurence Olivier played alongside Kirk Douglas in 1960's 'Spartacus'.
Kirk Douglas played alongside Walter Matthau in 1962's 'Lonely are the Brave'.
Walter Matthau played alongside Jack Nicholson (who played Dolan) in 1964's 'Ensign Pulver'
and ...
Jack Nicholson played alongside Kevin Bacon in 'A Few Good Men'.
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I'm surprised that Connie Francis wasn't in that photo essay.
Hinduism, absurdity of a hindu criminal wolf in sheep cloths, who made natives of America poor, none but hindu criminal Catholic church, Nothing but hindu criminal mid night Jackals pretending to be angels to hind, destroy humanity.
papi mad, me taka taka sheep, mama mad, me no clean hands, underpants brown, smell malo, but me mucho computi computi, indoo malo, indoo malo, hi hi hi
CNN, can we have less of the pope articles now already. He's just a man. In a dress.
No matter what he calls himself, just watch where his eyes and his hands go.
Nice to hear that the new pope has a special place for the poor and the disenfranchised.
See what SAAB said.
If the pope has a heart for the poor his stewardship in dealing with charitable work will be well reflected . Why are you in such hurry to dispense church property?
I wonder if the zombie jesus was around today, would he surround himself with such wealth? Would he be wearing designer shoes from the land of oz?
if he is true a Francis, a lover of the poor, he should set an example by auctioning off some of Vatican's artwork and use money for poor around the world.
You are talking about a church that protects and promotes child r @ pe....do you really think they would do the right thing...lol
Ted's Timely Take on "The New Pope's Name."
I don't think the Vatican will ever be the same.
Pope Dominic? Pope Benedict? Much too tame!!
A pope named Ignatius
Would be too rapacious.
So we get a Jesuit with a Franciscan name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMbaCrTY744 YouTubeVBlog
St. Francis Xavier was one of the first seven Jesuits.
NOBODY expects the Argentinian Inquisition!
"Allen described the name selection as "the most stunning" choice and "precedent shattering."
Stunning, shattering, really?
Like he was going to call himslelf Boniface or Pius. Francis is a nice name to choose. Let it go at that.
Or Innocent!
Or Valentine II
List of Papal names (from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_name ) in order of frequency.
John
Gregory
Benedict
Clement
Innocent
Leo
Pius
Stephen
Boniface
Urban
Alexander
Adrian
Paul
Celestine
Nicholas
Sixtus
Anastasius
Eugene
Honorius
Sergius
Callixtus
Felix
Julius
Lucius
Martin
Sylvester
Victor
Adeodatus
Agapetus
Damasus
Gelasius
John Paul
Marcellus
Marinus
Paschal
Pelagius
Theodore
- only one pope used the following names:
Agatho
Anacletus
Anicetus
Anterus
Caius
Conon
Constantine
Cornelius
Dionysius
Donus
Eleuterus
Eusebius
Eutychian
Evaristus
Fabian
Formosus
Francis
Hilarius
Hormisdas
Hyginus
Lando
Liberius
Linus
Marcellinus
Mark
Miltiades
Peter
Pontian
Romanus
Sabinian
Severinus
Silverius
Simplicius
Siricius
Sisinnius
Soter
Symmachus
Telesphorus
Valentine
Vigilius
Vitalian
Zachary
Zephyrinus
Zosimus
I would have prefered "Bwian".
Just as well he didn't choose
Hilarius II
that would be _________.