Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 days agoDo all popes have to use name's from past popes or saints? Or could I be Pope badassmotherfucker? Or just my regular name?message-squaremessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down13
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareDo all popes have to use name's from past popes or saints? Or could I be Pope badassmotherfucker? Or just my regular name?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squarerain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 days agoUsually that’s a saint’s name, but also popes are elected and sometimes it’s a shorthand that they’ll continue policies of previous pope of that name
Usually that’s a saint’s name, but also popes are elected and sometimes it’s a shorthand that they’ll continue policies of previous pope of that name