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Monday, March 11, 2013
Guess the Next Pope's Name
When the new pope is chosen, he will choose a new name. It will most likely be the name of a past pope. Economist magazine explains that popes have been picking new names since the year 533, when a pontiff decided to change his given name of Mercurius because it harked back, rather awkwardly, to a pagan god.
Guess what the next pope will choose for a name and enter it in the comment section. Pick the right name and you will receive a free six-month subscription to the EPJ Daily Alert.
Guess what the next pope will choose for a name and enter it in the comment section. Pick the right name and you will receive a free six-month subscription to the EPJ Daily Alert.
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Put me down for Leo.
ReplyDeleteSo, I guess we won't be placing these bets at Intrade...
ReplyDeleteOk, My bet is "Pius". It's popular and hasn't been used for a while.
I'll go with Gregory
ReplyDeleteEasy, the next Pope will be Popuri who will attempt to cover the stench at the Vatican Bank...
ReplyDeletePeter the Roman
ReplyDeleteI agree. Peter the Roman.
DeleteAnd all that this name implies...
Nicholas
ReplyDeleteMy totally arbrirary guess will be Nicholas, for no reason other than its my own name and I should be pope.
ReplyDelete"Economist magazine explains that popes have been [choosing] new names since the year 533, when a pontiff decided to change his given name of Mercurius because it harked back, rather awkwardly, to a pagan god."
ReplyDeleteHow ironic because everything about Christianity generally and Catholicism specifically harks back to or comes from "paganism" from the story of Noah (Epic of Gilgamesh) to the Ten Commandments (taken verbatim from the Egyptian Book of the Dead) to the Virgin Birth (common mythological theme) to the Last Supper (the eating of flesh and drinking of blood, come on...).
My guess is Pius.
ReplyDeleteI think the next one will be a "Global Warming" enthusiast and will call himself "Prius I"
ReplyDeleteI'm going with Anastasius. It just reminds me of my friend, Anastasia Beavearhausen.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna go with Peter.
ReplyDeleteBoniface, possibly Boniface Kardashian.
ReplyDeleteI am going with Pope Honorous
ReplyDeleteLeo.
ReplyDeletePeter
ReplyDeleteAfter much thought and a little googling, they pick a South American who takes the name Antonio after Saint Antonio Galvao
ReplyDeleteHummus.:)
ReplyDeleteInnocent. Or Excalibur :)
ReplyDeleteGonna go with Gregory
ReplyDeletePius (XIII)
ReplyDeleteFrancis
ReplyDeletePiux XIII
ReplyDeleteFrancis I
ReplyDeleteGregory
ReplyDeletePope Peter II
ReplyDeleteI'll choose John. The Vatican has been floundering for years with scandals and frauds. "John" might bring a sense of continuity with the past.
ReplyDeleteSixtus VI
ReplyDeleteI will go with Gregory, though the favorite of wags everywhere is Sixtus, since it would make him Sixtus the Sixth.
ReplyDeleteAlexander.
ReplyDeleteIf, as is rumored, the cardinals are looking for someone to establish an amicable relationship with the Islamic world, it matters little what name he chooses. He will be known as Pope Judas.
ReplyDeleteMy serious guess, though, is the heretofore unused Francis.
Gonna go with Innocent, though he surely won't be
ReplyDeleteDepends on who is chosen. If someone with a mainly liturgical bent wins, I'm guessing Pius. If someone with a concern for social issues, I'm saying Paul.
ReplyDeleteIf I have to pick one, I say Paul.
I'd go with Paul.
ReplyDeletecelestine could be..celestine that it's the name I guess
ReplyDeleteHe will choose the name Emeritus, which will, of course, be very confusing.
ReplyDeleteThanks! How do I go about getting my 6 month subscription, since I nailed it with Francis?
ReplyDeletewoot! same here :)
DeleteWoot! same here:)
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ReplyDeleteEmail me your name, address and email address to sherry@economicpolicyjournal.com and we'll get you started right away.
How in the world? Are there really insiders who know more than the rest of us??
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