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By Apostolic Succession. That is the laying down of hands at the ordination to bishop (the last 'step' of the threefold ordination). Then a bishop is created cardinal by the current pope. One of these cardinals is to be elected pope during the big meeting after the death of a pope. E.g. Cardinal Ratzinger had been elected as pope Benedict XIV.
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Catholic, as all the Popes are. The Pope is the leader of the Catholic Church.
you need all of them if you are going to succeed when you are pope, look at pope Benedict he is very successful so if you look at all the popes you will become a good pope
In almost all cases, Popes serve for the rest of their lives once they are elected to the papacy. Pope Benedict XVI recently retired, but he is the first Pope in 600 years to retire. Usually a Pope will die in office.
All popes are pastors but not all pastors are popes. There are thousands and thousands of pastors but only one of them is the pope.
There have been no popes from the United States. However, the following popes gave visited the United States: Pope Paul VI Pope John Paul II Pope Benedict XVI
Including Pope Francis there have been 266 popes, all males.
The Pope is a Catholic concept. All Popes must be Catholic.
Of course. The pope is a human being and, as with all humans, popes die.
All popes have ruled from Rome except from 1309 to 1376 when popes were in Avignon, France.
Yes and no. All popes are priests (bishops) but not all priests are popes. There is one pope but many priests. The pope is the leader of the Catholic Church, chosen in a secret election by the College of Cardinals.
Pope Urban II was a Catholic, as were all the popes.
They recognize that all of the popes are sucessors of St. Peter the first pope who was appointed by Christ.The new pope suceed the old one (eg. Our Pope Benedict suceeds Pope John Paul)
The pope is an archbishop (cardinal) but only one archbishop can be the pope. Not all archbishops become popes.
There have been only 3 popes from Africa. The following popes were from North Africa:Pope Gelasius IPope MiltiadesPope Victor IHowever, it is not known if they were black, fair skinned or dark skinned, all of which can be found in North Africa.
The following popes were from North Africa:Pope Gelasius IPope MiltiadesPope Victor IHowever, it is not known if they were black, fair skinned or dark skinned, all of which can be found in North Africa.
Roman Catholic AnswerPope Francis, the reigning Pontiff, is the 266th Pope, of which, all of whom have lived in the Vatican, although, for the first three or four centuries, it was not exactly public, they have all lived in Rome, however.
Click on this linkfor a complete list of all popes. You can click on the individual names for a biography of each pope.
There have been several popes who were married but all were married before they were elected as pope. No pope ever married after his election.
It depends on what you mean. If you are asking whether there was ever a Catholic Pope in Rome who was Arab, the answer is No. With the exception of Pope Francis, all of the Popes throughout history have come from Europe. If you are asking about any pope at all, then many of the Coptic Popes in Alexandria have considered themselves Arabs.
With the exception of Pope John Paul II (Poland), Benedict XVI (Germany) and Pope Francis (Argentina) all the other 7 popes were from Italy.
The pope receives no salary but all his expenses are paid for by the Church.
Most protestants don't hate the pope himself but none don't believe in the authority of the pope and his infallibility. Some in the past have experienced bad popes on the throne and pass on the stereotype that all popes are bad.
The pope can be chosen from anywhere in the world. All recent popes have been from Europe but at least 4 popes have been from Africa and do not forget Peter. He was from the Middle East. Pope Francis of Argentina was elected pope in 2013 which is far removed from Europe.
At the coronation of all popes from Pope Clement V (in the 1300s) until Pope Paul VI (in the 1970s) were crowned.
Popes are not appointed, they are elected and nearly all have been cardinals before becoming the pope.
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