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| Pope John Paul II |
The election to pick a new Pope has begun. Whoever is picked up, what choice of name will be? What will the new pontiff choose?
a) Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) was a very
conservative man. If the new Pope were to call himself Pius XIII, it would be a
very ideological choice and conservative as well.
b) Pope John XXIII was well-known for
calling the Second Vatican Council in 1962. He brought great changes in the
Roman Catholic Church’s in relation to the modern world. If the new Pope named
himself John XXIV then the Church may have another reformation and the call for
the Third Vatican Council.
c) Pope John Paul I (August 1978) was the
first to create a composite name, in tribute to the two of his predecessors
(John XXIII and Paul VI who had led the Church through 2nd Vatican
Council). Karol Wojtyla from Poland made him the first non-Italian Pope since
16th Century picked up the name John Paul II (1978-2005). If the
next Pope were taking the name of John Paul III then the Church will continue
to take the stock of Vatican II’s legacy and cross the threshold in the modern
world through the New Evangalisation.
d) Pope
Benedict XVI (2005-2013) was an authoritarian and conservative, too but he
placed his ministry in the footsteps of Jesus, in the service of reconciliation
and harmony between peoples. If whoever wishes to follow in the footsteps of
Benedict XV & XVI, it may help to spread the Christianity in Europe because
the founder of the Benedictine order of monks was a patron saint of Europe.
e) Only one Pope, Adrian VI in the 16th Century, has kept his baptismal
name.
f) One thing is very sure – the new Pope will not be addressed as Peter I.
This is out of respect for the first St Peter, the Apostle
In the next few days there will be a
tendency to guess who will be elected and what name will the new pope take? Will the next be called – Pius XIII,
Paul VII, John Paul III or Benedict XVII?
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| Pope Benedict XVI |
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| Pope John Paul I |
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| Pope Paul VI |
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| Pope John XXIII |
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| Pope Pius XII |
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| Pope Adrian VI |
1 comment:
If its John Paul 111, will it add more intrigue to the prophecy?
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