Will the following pope be a Petrus, a Robertus, a Ioannes? Perhaps a Claudius or Christophorus? Or maybe a Timoteus?
Be ready to listen to it first not in a cardinal’s native Italian, French, Spanish or different tongue, however in Latin.
The brand new pontiff will probably be introduced with the Latin proclamation:
“Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam!” (“I carry you tidings of nice pleasure: We now have a pope!”)
That will probably be instantly adopted by the revelation of his delivery identify, in Latin, adopted by the papal identify he has chosen, additionally in Latin.
If it’s Petrus, that might seek advice from a number of cardinals whose names are some model of Peter, together with Pietro Parolin, Peter Turkson and Péter Erdő. Additionally, a number of cardinals’ names embrace some model of Ioannes, or John.
