Why Do Popes Change Their Names?
When Jorge Bergoglio confab the United States , his trip made headlines , just like the visits of Karol Wojtyla and Giovanni Montini . If you do n’t greet those names , there ’s a grounds : Bergoglio was well known as Pope Francis , Wojtyla changed his name to Pope John Paul II , and Montini became Pope Paul VI . Why do Catholic cardinals modify their name when they are elect pope ?...