User:Fcodair/sandbox

I would like to suggest that Pope Francis' motto "miserando et eligendo" would be better translated as "by showing mercy and by making choices." It is a more literal translation of the two gerunds in the motto and shows taht he is a man of action. The present translation is given as "lowly but chosen" which renders the active gerunds as a weak adjective and a passive participle. I am writing this as a Catholic and a retired Latin teacher.