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As of March 2013, Pope Francis is the leader of the Catholic Church.
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There is no "Roman Catholic Church." It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . The leader of the Catholic Church is always Jesus Christ, who promised to be its head, and with it until the end of the world. His Vicar on earth is the Pope, who was Pope Benedict XVI for the months of January and February 2013, and then on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in the second day of the conclave, Francis was elected, the first Holy Father of that name.
Currently (March 2013) that would be Pope Francis.
As of March 2013 the pope of the worldwide Catholic Church is Pope Francis.
As of 2021, Pope Francis is the head of the Catholic Church. He was elected as the 266th pope in March 2013.
The Catholic Church as of the 13th March, 2013 is on it's 266th Pontiff.
The Catholic Church only investigates Church annulments, and, in the course of such investigation, does ask for testimonies from non-Catholics. But for the most part, the Church has no legal jurisdiction in most countries in the world in 2013. She must investigate if, for instance, a non-Catholic asks for an annulment for a previous marriage, if the non-Catholic is seeking an annulment from the Catholic Church, say, in order to marry a Catholic. Such investigation is carried on at the request of the non-Catholic, the particular legal status of such an investigation would be dependent on the country in which it was being carried out.
Pope Benedict is head of the Catholic Church. However he is also head of all of the other Rites/Churches which are in Union with Rome (The Uniates). So he is head of the following "Churches": Armenian Catholic Church Byzantine Catholic Church Chaldean Catholic Church (East Syrian) Coptic Catholic Church Ethiopian Catholic Church Maronite Church Melkite Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church Romanian Catholic Church Russian Catholic Church Ruthenian Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Ukrania Catholic Church West Syrian Catholic Church Each of these have different "Rites" or ceremonies which are carried out. And they are all under their own separate patriarch(s). The pope is both head and patriarch of the Roman Catholic Church or the Western Rite. For a list of "Who's Who" and who isn't in union with Rome etc read this: http://www.archdiocesesantafe.org/Offices/Ecumenical/ChurchList.pdf
Well, no, for several reasons: 1) There is no Roman Catholic Church: It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . 2) The Catholic Church cannot have "branches", it is the one and only, single Body of Christ, and His Bride. Our Blessed Savior only has ONE body and one Bride. He is not schizophrenic, and He is not psychotic. He formed ONE Church, guaranteed it, and send the Holy Spirit to guide it until the end of the world. 3) There are only a handful of protestant "churches" that LEFT the Catholic Church, like the Lutherans, the Methodists, Anglicans, etc. Most of the other 33,000 + (as of 2013) are brand new churches that either left the originals, or never left anyone, just started on their own out of nowhere.
Individual contries do not have popes. There is only one pope for the entire Catholic Church and, currently (2013), that is Pope Francis.
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio) was elected on March 13, 2013 as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.