Editing Pope (section)

=== Regnal name ===
Popes adopt a new name on their accession, known as [[papal name]], in Italian and Latin. Currently, after a new pope is elected and accepts the election, he is asked, ''"By what name shall you be called?"'' The new pope chooses the name by which he will be known from that point on. The senior [[cardinal deacon]], or cardinal protodeacon, then appears on the balcony of Saint Peter's to proclaim the new pope by his birth name, and announce his papal name in Latin. It is customary when referring to popes to translate the regnal name into all local languages. For example, the current pope bears the papal name '''''"Papa Leo XIV"''''' in Latin, '''''"Papa Leone XIV"''''' in Italian, '''''"Papa Léon XIV"''''' in Spanish, '''''"Pope Leo XIV"''''' in English, etc.