<p><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5140f425eab8eac546000016-2200-1649/pope-bergoglio.jpg?maxX=400" border="0" alt="pope bergoglio" width="400" /></div><p class="source">REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian</p><p class="caption">Then-Cardinal Bergoglio on April 4, 2005</p></div>VATICAN CITY (AP) — </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi sought to clear up any possible confusion, noting that Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who announced the name to the world, said simply Francis.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> It is listed that way in the first Vatican bulletin on the new <keyword id="22680" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Pope">pope</keyword>.</span></p>
<p><strong>"It will become Francis I after we have a Francis II," Lombardi quipped.</strong></p>
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There's A Reason The New Pope Left A Roman Numeral Off His Name

REUTERS/Enrique MarcarianThen-Cardinal Bergoglio on April 4, 2005VATICAN CITY (AP) — Spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi sought to clear up any possible confusion, noting that Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who announced the name to the world, said simply Francis. It is listed that way in the first Vatican bulletin on the new pope. "It will become Francis I after we have a Francis II," Lombardi quipped. Copyright (2013) Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Now Watch: How New Pope Francis Got Elected // Please enable Javascript to watch this video

REUTERS/Enrique MarcarianThen-Cardinal Bergoglio on April 4, 2005VATICAN CITY (AP) — Spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi sought to clear up any possible confusion, noting that Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who announced the name to the world, said simply Francis.

There's A Reason The New Pope Left A Roman Numeral Off His Name

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