Why the new Pope adopted the name Leo

Why the new Pope adopted the name Leo

Speaking to the Conseil d’Etat – the State Council – on 4 March 1806, Napoleon famously said: “I do not see in [religion] the mystery of the incarnation, but the mystery of social order, the association of religion with paradise, an idea of equality which keeps the rich from being massacred by the poor….” More than two centuries later, helping to maintain social order remains the fundamental role of the Church.