Lumutqueen
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He's on telly now! He looks so tiny!
Argentine Bergoglio!
His Holiness Pope Francis I,Pontifex Maximus
The media is mentioning St. Francis of Assisi, but given that the new pope is a Jesuit, I'm more likely to believe that his name is derived from St. Francis Xavier.
Anyone have any thoughts about that?
The BBC said he had chosen his name from St Francis of Assisi.
Yes, the media's been speculating on that, but I don't believe it's been confirmed by the Vatican that this is where he derives his name from.
When I listened to the BBC there was no speculation, it was "The new Pope has chosen his name in honour of St Francis of Assisi.
The media is mentioning St. Francis of Assisi, but given that the new pope is a Jesuit, I'm more likely to believe that his name is derived from St. Francis Xavier.
Anyone have any thoughts about that?
And I'd be interested in knowing whether that was confirmed by the Vatican- that the name was chosen to honor St. Francis of Assisi or whether the media made that assumption because he's the best known Francis in Catholic history. It really could go either way.
I'm not trying to definitively state that he chose his name from St. Francis Xavier, but it would be highly logical for a Jesuit to do that.
[Updated at 4:53 p.m. ET] We've just been given confirmation about which Francis the new pope is honoring in his choice of name.
The new pope took the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi because he is a lover of the poor, Vatican spokesman the Rev. Tom Rosica told CNN.
Also, the new pope should be known as Pope Francis, not Pope Francis I, Rosica said.