INQUIRER.net: Pope Live: Choosing a name, and awaiting a new pontiff

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Pope Live: Choosing a name, and awaiting a new pontiff Mar 13th 2013, 19:09 "Pope Live" follows the choice of the new pope as seen by journalists from The Associated Press around the world. It will be updated throughout the day with breaking news and other items of interest.     CHOOSING A NAME   Every time a new pontiff is chosen in a conclave, a senior cardinal goes up to him and asks: "And by what name do want to be called?"   The question is popped immediately, while all electors are still locked in the Sistine chapel. So the winner had better have done his homework and already picked a name.   Shortly after, the senior cardinal reads out the pontifical name in Latin from the main balcony of St. Peter's... Keep on reading: Pope Live: Choosing a name, and awaiting a new pontiff Media files: white-smoke2.jpg (image/jpeg)

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