New Pope and all that...

[Sylvester 15]

Just wondering what name the new Pope (when he's elected will take).

Please no more John's or Innocents... there's been too many as it is!

How about a Matthew, a Mark or a Luke?

Although Bob would be good... sorry couldn't resist it!

[william 0]

I like Luke..... but how about Monty or Cecil?! Or Ed, Ted, Jed, Fred, Ned......?

[Chris Perkins 223]

What about Kevin or Colin the First?

Or even Pope Christopher I?

[Sylvester 15]

I thought of Fred...

Might as well go the whole hog and have Sylvester, there's hasn't been one in a long, long time. Sylvester V has a ring to it.

Or perhaps Urban IX.

There was an English Pope many years ago (i mean many!), i forget what name he chose.

[Sylvester 15]

Just looked it up, the English pope was Adrian IV, elected in 1154, and he didn't want the job.

Knowing how hip and trendy you just know it's going to be Cyril I

[Master Jmd 50]

Click here for a list of all the popes...

...and when was the last Pope James, or Jacob as such...

Edited April 18, 2005 by Master Jmd

[Peter 615]

Do you reckon if a good Catholic boy was christened Jervais,Horace or even Adolf he would

be excluded from being the Pope....This is surely NAMIST.

[aleroit2000 0]

Well,

as you could imagine, here in Italy the new Pope and the name are the news of the day, of the week, of the year.......

and there are also tv programmes that explains the coorect order of names, of papacy etc, etc.....

e.g. according to recent studies it seems that Pope John Paul II was the 262nd Pope (starting from St. Peter), but hi papacy was the 264th, couse there was a Pope that reigned 3 times.....

very complicated.......

According to the name, it's considered the first "programme declaration" of the elected pope, so there will be differences if the name will be John Paul, or John, or Paul, or Benedictus, or Pius, or Leo etc.....

anyway, I think we don't have to avait so much..... today there will be the "Extra omnes" (anybody out) and in the next days there will be the white smoking and the "habemus papam" (we have the pope) and we'll know the name of the new pope.....

[Emperor Oli 0]

Or perhaps Urban IX.

Urban is my first choice, with Adeodatus in second.

[Geoff T 3]

I look forward to the next pope being Jane Pauline - now that would be a sign the church was committed to change

Geoff

[Sylvester 15]

I look forward to the next pope being Jane Pauline - now that would be a sign the church was committed to change

Geoff

And how!

Well perhaps he could hedge his bets and be a little more cautiously liberal;

Sandy.

[Sylvester 15]

Oh boy; this ones gotta be the most progressive...

St. Dionysius (260-268)

Named after a Greek/Roman god! I like it!!

[Master Jmd 50]

St. Simplicius (468-83), Blessed Victor III, and Blessed Gregory X (1271-76) are the ones who worry me...imagine having a Pope Blessed Vicor in the 21st Century...

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Edited April 18, 2005 by Master Jmd

[mint_mark 3]

As I understand it, the person elected could be taken completely by surprise and not have a name ready... they could just say "I'm flattered!" and then we have Flattered I

[Emperor Oli 0]

St. Simplicius (468-83), Blessed Victor III, and Blessed Gregory X (1271-76) are the ones who worry me...imagine having a Pope Blessed Vicor in the 21st Century...

I imagine the "Blessed [name here]" Popes are on their way to sainthood - perhaps beatified? I think they'll be the ones before full-blown canonisation. However, the trouble between beatification and canonisation is verifying a miracle has been carried out by the person in question. This is probably the reason for so many "Blesseds" on the list.

[Sylvester 15]

I imagine the "Blessed [name here]" Popes are on their way to sainthood - perhaps beatified? I think they'll be the ones before full-blown canonisation. However, the trouble between beatification and canonisation is verifying a miracle has been carried out by the person in question. This is probably the reason for so many "Blesseds" on the list.

Big of a bugger when new evidence comes to light later suggesting they were not all they were cracked up to be. A good number of Popes have been totally unsuitable for the job (one even prayed to the devil if i remember rightly)

[Emperor Oli 0]

I imagine the "Blessed [name here]" Popes are on their way to sainthood - perhaps beatified?  I think they'll be the ones before full-blown canonisation.  However, the trouble between beatification and canonisation is verifying a miracle has been carried out by the person in question.  This is probably the reason for so many "Blesseds" on the list.

Big of a bugger when new evidence comes to light later suggesting they were not all they were cracked up to be. A good number of Popes have been totally unsuitable for the job (one even prayed to the devil if i remember rightly)

In my opinion, the sainthood system was cheapened by JPII giving them out like boiled sweets.

Edit: Century FM just said white smoke had been seen from the chimney, but the bell hadn't tolled. I can't find any agencies to verify this. On the subject of names, I found this site.

Edited April 19, 2005 by Emperor Oli

[mitch91 0]

White smoke has been seen in Vatican

[Master Jmd 50]

Well, the new Pope has been elected: Benedict XVI, former Archbishop of Munich, and then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. He was chosen on the third round of votes by the 115 cardinals meeting to select Pope John Paul II's successor.

BBC News

Edited April 19, 2005 by Master Jmd

[Emperor Oli 0]

Ugh another hard liner.

[Master Jmd 50]

Quite a right-winger it seems - He published a book in Germany last week including his strongly right-wing views...

[Emperor Oli 0]

I don't think he did. His last work was Unterwegs zu Jesus Christus back in 2003. Do you have a source? I could be wrong.

[Master Jmd 50]

I don't think he did. His last work was Unterwegs zu Jesus Christus back in 2003. Do you have a source? I could be wrong.

That is from what I heard about ten or fifteen minutes ago on the BBC news...I doubt that they would get it wrong...

[Sylvester 15]

Yep i expected as much, they had Ratzinger up as one of the favourites.

I really was expecting John Paul III, thank gods it's a Benedict... nice change. Sounds weird though.

[Emperor Oli 0]

I don't think he'll be with us long, he's 78. Kind of an interim Pope I think.