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The following text refers to questions 12 and 13.IVUVVOavwvn&THEDAIIY BEASTBehind the Meaning of the Pope’s NamesThe new pope's choice of 'Francis' hints at the direction of his reign.Enter Pope Francis. The first Jesuit pope. The first from Latin America. It is, indeed, a historic moment for the papacy. Those who waitedfor a leader from the new Catholic world will no doubt be______( I )__bythe choice, but his new status as the leader of a global church requires a different persona and a new mode of action. The new pope speaks not only for Argentina, Latin America, and the Jesuits, but also for the entire Roman Catholic world.The first Jesuit pope. The first from Latin America.(Enrique Marcarian/Reuters)It is precisely for this reason that cardinals shed their names alongwith their brightly____( II )__vestments. Historically, the tradition ofselecting a new papal name dates back to the sixth century, when PopeJohn II swapped his awkwardly (III) name Mercurius for the solidlyChristian John. At the same time the selection of religious names is more than an opportunity to symbolically cast aside individual identity. Papal names chart a course for the future by summoning up the past. The new pope assumes either the mantle of religious heroes and leaders from days gone by or the virtues of the Innocents and the Piuses. The selection of the name both forges a new identity and signals how the pope wishes to be seen and remembered. It is, in essence, not only the answer to the____(IV)___question “Who do you want to be when you grow up?” butalso a way of preemptively writing one’s own reviews.Traditionally popes have been_______( V )___of reaching too high, ofappearing too self-congratulatory. The office of the pope is built, literally and metaphorically, on the legacy of St. Peter, the apostle of Christ, whose remains lie beneath the papal seat in the Vatican. But there has been noPrutia Tipo Apflg 12Pope Peter II. Thus far, no pope has had the audacity to present himself as standing in continuity with the favored disciple of Jesus. Nor would Pope Francis have been able to select the name of the founder of his own order. A Pope Ignatius—after Jesuit founder Ignatius of Loyola—would have appeared self-serving.At first blush, Pope Francis’s selection of a previously___( VI)____papal name—he is no 23rd anything—marks a break with the past and augurs well for those looking for a move away from deeply entrenched institutionalism. The new pope symbolically clears the deck fora new period of Catholic history. For a church desperately in need of an administrative makeover, it creates a nominally blank slate for the pale-garbed pontiff.NewsweekQuestão n° 12The article clearly states thata)the name of the new pope was chosen taking into consideration the fact that he is a Jesuit and a Christian from the new Catholic Church.b)religious heroes have been more and more common in Latin America, and since Pope Peter II no other pope has been encouraged to use unusual names.c)popes have never wanted to look down on people. On the contrary, they have always served as apostles of Christ and have been able to reach high posts in the Vatican.d)Pope Ignatius would never have chosen a different name due to his intentions of breaking with the past and of cleaning up the name of the Catholic Church in the modern world.e)the new pope has been praised for having chosen a brand new name, which has never been adopted before in the history of the Catholic Church and which will likely bring high hopes of future changes in the same Church.

Answer 1

Vamos analisar cada alternativa por vez para, ao final, indicar a resposta correta da questão:

a) Falsa. Não existe uma "nova" Igreja Católica.

b) Falsa. Não existe uma papa Pedro II, uma vez que seria de extrema audácia tentar igualar-se ao discípulo favorito de Jesus.

c) Falsa. Em nenhum momento do texto esta ideia é sugerida.

d) Falsa. Inácio nunca foi escolhido como nome papal porque faz uma referência direta demais ao fundador da Ordem dos Jesuítas.

e) Verdadeira. Trata-se exatamente do sugerido pelo texto.

Como a única alternativa verdadeira é a e, trata-se da resposta correta da questão.