‘What’s in a name? Everything.’ Read an excerpt from Pope Francis book, The Jesuit Disruptor

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Michael W. Higgins is a Canadian academic and author who got bit by the pope bug early on in his life. He writes, “When popes die, the globe stands still. The protocols around election, the rites and ceremonies associated with the passing of one pope and the arrival of his successor dominate our screens for days (weeks, if the election is a particularly contentious one). The personalities of those who elect the next pope are the subject of popular press profiles and seasoned critical analyses by professional commentators, becoming in the process that most strange of media concoctions: cardinal celebrities....