Important symbolism. The name that the new Pope selects will reveal a lot. Waist: ‘Everyone has a name in their heads …’

For the name of the Pope is full of symbolic meaning. Papa Francis He took it on the holy Francis of Assisiand if the next pope would choose the name Francis IIthat would be a sure sign that he would continue with the ‘policies’ of the deceased pope and continue to ‘open’ the Church, with special care to the marginalized communities.

– Francis himself at one time jokingly suggested that his successor could be John XXIValluding to a progressive pope from the time of the Second Vatican Council – writes Independent.

If the new Pope chose a name Drankmost commonly used the papal name of the 20th century, would, emphasize experts, mean traditionalists at the head of the church.

– In the deepest corners of the mind, when the conclave begins, all of them enter with the name in their heads – they say Natalia imperial-lee,.. President of the Department of Religious Studies at Manhattan University …

– The chosen name will offer a key first insight into the vision of the new Pope for the Catholic Church – other experts agree.

Initially, the pope, with rare exceptions, used their own names as papal. The first exception was Roman Pope Mercurius from the 6th century, which was named after a pagan god, so he chose a more appropriate name John II. Later, numerous pope chose their papal name on the pope who set them up for the cardinals.

– It is only in the mid -20th century that the new Pope begins to choose the names that signal the goals of their papacy – says the priest Roberto Regolia historian from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome and continues immediately:

– Even now, while we are waiting for a new pope, the name we will present will help us to understand the horizon that he wants to go on …

The new Pope will be able to, as Pope Francis did, if he decides, also choose a name that has never been used.

« That could mean that his program is not in line with any of his predecessors, » says Regoli …

Imperator-lee for the end adds that the new Pope, if he wants to signal that he will continue with Francis’ heritage, could choose a name Ignatiusaccording to the founder of Francis’s Jesuit family …

– That would be very interesting. We never had Pope Ignatius – he adds to the end …

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