Significance and Meaning of Papal Names
Significance and Meaning of Papal Names

Summary/Abstract: The present article intends to illustrate the meeting point of two apparently remote areas: religion and media. Our goal is to present the way in which the Holy See interacts and collaborates with the media in the benefit of the Church and of the community. From this point of view, the name choice of the newly elected pope is highly significant and rich in veiled meanings. The papal name bears an enormous spiritual weight and its choice is highly mediatized and interpreted, thus becoming an opportunity to review past Popes and their actions and programmes and consequently reminding people of good deeds, of Christian conduct and beliefs.

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