It's unlikely that the next pope will choose any of these.

- The new pope chooses the name by which he will be known from that point on.

A pope chooses a regnal name when he is elected.

It is considered unlikely that any future pope would choose the name .

That the Pope chose none of them prompts questions, and sadness.

The Pope can choose whether or not to ordain the candidate as bishop.

But that a Pope might choose to abuse his authority gave me no excuse to commit a robbery.

After a Pope is elected, the pope chooses a different name.

Or, Father Beal said, the pope may choose someone else.

The Pope may choose someone whom this group recommends, or appoint someone else.