He does need a nickname.JPII . . . B16 . . . FSJ.I realize it will not be unanimously approved. But it has a certain ring to it, doesn't it? And the seal of the Jesuits is very prominent on his coat of arms.

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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