TV's Frink said:
He gets to choose?
yep. in the conclave, after someone gets 2/3 of the vote, they ask him if he accepts election. If the answer is yes, he becomes Pope and then they ask him what he chooses to call himself. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio won the election and chose to be called Francis.
TV's Frink said:
What if he picked something like Pope Pickle?
then his name would be Pickle. Why a Pope would choose that as his name is beyond me.