Re: the Pope, I'm confused about how they're named. What is it about Ratzinger (is that really his name? wow) that he gets named Benedict XVI? I mean, why wasn't he John Paul III?
His name name was Joseph Ratzinger. And then once they're elevated to cardinal, (actually this might happen at bishop, or archibishop, for all I know, but I know it happens at cardinal, too) their names are given like this: Joseph, Cardinal Ratzinger (or Bernard, Cardinal Law). When a pope is poped, his picks a name. So Benedict is his choosing.
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I've decided that Banana Republic needs to bring back the t-shirts they sold whne they were first opened in the 80's. The ones with the animals on the backs? They could make baby-tees for women, too.
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I had one...totally loved it.Wore it till I washed the lion off.
Banana Republic used to be so pointlessly cool, with the whole safari thing. Now they're like The Gap with fewer jeans. Hell, The Gap is The Gap with fewer jeans.
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And Mal is just the cutest little thing in Greece. (I can't say the world, because the other Buffista babies would negate that.) Congratulations, Raquel!
Kate, the newly-elected pope may choose to keep his own name (in this case Joseph) or pick another. Often, he picks a name that gives a hint as to where he's going theologically.
This is definitely going to be a x-post.
Timelies. Spreading all-purpose industrial-strength ~ma willy-nilly because I skipped like a mad thing. But I did look at the wonderful Ohio pictures, and at Raquel's Mal, who is the epitome of cute.
Hell, The Gap is The Gap with fewer jeans.
This is so very true.
the newly-elected pope may choose to keep his own name (in this case Joseph) or pick another
Have any recent popes kept their own name? "Recent" being relative, of course.
Have any recent popes kept their own name?
Pope Recent IX.
OK, I think the sugar high I'm on is making me silly.
Not that I know. Google doesn't think so either. I think the last popes who kept their own names are back in the day when we only had 2 and 3 digits in a year.
Choosing a different name also signifies the concept that "self" takes a back seat to his role as the shepherd of the entire flock. Joseph is a man; Benedict XVI is responsible for guiding over 1 billion persons' souls.
