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		pdabbadabba 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gambling on papal conclaves He could be! Popes pick their new names, after all. But yeah, he'd probably pick "Innocent" or something less amusing.

madcaptenor 10 months ago [–]

I do wonder what would happen if some cardinal already named John or Gregory or some other indisputably papal name got elected. Would he keep his name?

nerdile 10 months ago | [–]

He might be seen as presumptuous for already having a pope name and get sunk in the Vatican politics.

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