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Press reports have provided a variety of translations for the phrase. According to Vatican Radio: "Pope Francis has chos
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Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco.
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Pronounced [ˈxoɾxe ˈmaɾjo βeɾˈɣoɣljo] in Spanish and [berˈɡɔʎʎo] in Italian.
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John Paul I, elected in 1978, took a new combination of already used names, in honor of his two immediate predecessors,
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Attributed to multiple sources: One commentator had described the conservative resistance against Francis as "unique in
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI did not do this during his eight-year papacy from 2005 to 2013; his predecessor, Pope John Pa
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