How are all popes descendants of the first 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

The pope receives no salary but all his expenses are paid for by the Church.

About 80 popes have been declared to be saints out of 266. This number includes Pope John XXIII and Pope John II who were canonized on April 27, 2014. However, not all the popes considered as saints were canonized. Most of the earlier popes (before the 12th century) were simply declared to be saints as the canonization process was not fully instituted.

All male Catholics are eligible to be elected pope. They need not even be a priest. However, in practicality, popes are generally chosen from the ranks of the cardinals.

Catholic Answer: It wasn't, because there never was a Pope Joan - it is a fable that has grown entirely out of proportion. All the popes, throughout history, are known, they have all been men, as they have all been ordained Bishop.

This answer assumes you are referring to Roman Catholic Popes (or Pontiffs). There is no official list of popes, but the Annuario Pontificio, published every year by the Vatican, contains a list that is generally considered to be the most authoritative. Its list is the one given at this Wikipedia article. The current pope, Benedict XVI, is listed as the 265th pontiff. The link below is to the Catholic Encyclopedia. It lists all the popes…

No All Popes have been caucasian (White) Most have been Italian. There have been three African popes. Pope Victor I (189 to 199) Pope Miltiades (310/311 to 314) Pope Gelasius I (492 to 496) Their actual race is not known, however, but at least Miltiades appears to have been a native of Africa. For more information, visit the Related Link.

The head of the church in medieval times, as today, was the Pope. For a little while, though, just from 1378 to 1417, there was a split in the church, called the Papal Schism or the Western Schism, when there were two "Popes" at the same time. What happened was that a Frenchman was elected Pope in 1305, named Pope Clement V, and he refused to move to the Papal Estate in Rome (where all…

The Pope is the Pope of all Catholics on earth, not just of the US. There has never been a Pope who was born in the US.

Pope John Paul II made 104 trips outside of Italy, more than all 263 previous popes combined. In total he logged more than 725,000 miles.

A list of the names of all the popes can be found at the link below:

For many centuries, the popes related very well to the rest of the Christian Church, since they were bishops, like all the other bishops of the church. This situation continued until about the 9th Century, when the popes started to gain greater wealth and political power in the West. This situation was worsened when Charlemagne was crowned as a so-called "Holy Roman Emperor" by the pope, in direct opposition to the Emperor of Constantinople, who…

In the past 500 years popes have worn a number of different headdresses. At the coronation of all popes from Pope Clement V (in the 1300s) until Pope Paul VI (in the 1970s) were crowned with the Triregnum, the triple crown. This was also known as the papal tiara and is often seen on papal coats of arms (even until John Paul II, and still on the Flag of the Vatican City). The proper headdress…

Peter was appointed as leader of the Church when Our Lord said: And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the…

There is a list of all 266 popes and birth places available on the Internet. Just click here.

The pope traditionally wears four objects on his head. The white skullcap is called a zucchetto. The ceremonial head covering, that looks a bit like the chess piece it inspired, is called a mitre. The triple crown, shown on the papal flag above the crossed keys is called the tiara and has three crowns meant to symbolize that the pope is ruler of the Papal state, that his spiritual authority transcends all civil authority and…

People visit the Vatican to experience being in the headquarters of the Catholic Church with hopes of catching a glimpse of the pope. They go to see all the magnificent art on display there. They go to visit the tombs of Saint Peter and of many other popes and saints.

If anything, Popes get their wishes fulfilled by actually becoming elected and accepting election in papacy. One can imagine this would be a biggest wish for any of our popes through history.

I am not sure what you mean by your question. Peter was the first pope and is a saint. However, he was declared a saint before the official canonization process was in place. That process was not firmly in place until the 12th century. The first person to be canonized a saint by a pope was Saint Udalric, Bishop of Augsburg, who was canonized by Pope John XV in 993. Some historians maintain that the…

There have been about 80 popes who are considered as saints. Some of these were declared saints in the early Church before the canonization process existed. Others are in various stages of canonization. See the complete list of popes and you will find all the popes who are saints, canonized saints and candidates for sainthood.

Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI have all visited New York.

Well, popes were carried around like kings due to: They were considered as divinely instituted, so they are considered a part of Divinity. Popes wear tiaras (the golden crown) because they represent: a. The judicial power (the authority on Canon Law) b. The spiritual power (the administration of all sacraments depend on him) c. The moral power of the pope (the power of Catholic morality enshadows even the toughness of Science!) We could never escape…

The Holy Father doesn't really make laws the way one would think of a Congress publishing its decisions. The Laws in the Catholic church extend way back for many centuries, and are complex, coming from many different sources (all, of course, under the Popes). Vatican Council I in the 19th century requested that all of these be brought together in one place. Pope Saint Pius X (from whom I take my name) began this process…

Your question goes beyond the scope of this service. For a complete list of all popes as well as their biographies click here.

Undoubtedly, some popes have engaged in clandestine sexual relations, especially during the Middle Ages. Modern popes are generally too old to be likely to be sexually active, but we will never know.

No Pope is obligated to change his name. This is a pious tradition (not Sacred Tradition). The practice arose when a pagan convert to Christianity became Pope and changed his name from Mercury (after the pagan Roman god) to John II in 533 C.E. Until then, the Popes kept their original names, from Peter (#1) to Boniface II (#55). Between John II (#56) and Sergius IV (#142) in 1009 C.E. only a few Popes changed…

No Pope is obligated to change his name. This is a pious tradition (not Sacred Tradition). The practice arose when a pagan convert to Christianity became Pope and changed his name from Mercury (after the pagan Roman god) to John II in 533 C.E. Until then, the Popes kept their original names, from Peter (#1) to Boniface II (#55). Between John II (#56) and Sergius IV (#142) in 1009 C.E. only a few Popes changed…

Goats were first domesticated in the Neolithic period, over 10,000 years ago, in present-day Kurdistan. Almost all domestic goats are their descendants.

Pope Benedict was elected pope in a papal conclave by the College of Cardinals soon after the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

No pope has ever been a Nazi. All have spoken out against the Nazis.

Henry, like all of europe at the time was a Catholic, it was only when he approached the Pope for a 'divorce' from his first wife Katherine of Aragon and was refused that he broke the English Church away from Rome. However, although Henry had quarrelled with the Pope, he remained Catholic all his life in his religious observances.

Selecting a New Pope On February 11, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced he is resigning from his post effective February 28, 2013. This is the first time in more than 600 years a pope has abdicated. The next pope will be chosen in the same way previous popes have been chosen after one has died. 15 days after the previous Pope has died, or in this case resigned, the Camerlingo assembles the College of Cardinals…

Other answers from our community: it shook the foundation of the religion, which held that the one true pope was the ultimate authority on religious matters Answer The Great Schism or, more properly, the Schism of the West was not strictly a schism at all but a conflict between two parties within the Church each claiming to support the true pope. Three months after the election of Urban VI, in 1378, the fifteen electing cardinals…

The Vatican is the place where the Worlds Cardinals meet to make the decision. The Cardinals pray and discuss all the candidates and each day they vote. At the end of each day when the voting is complete, if there is no positive decision on the new pope, the voting ballots are burned and the smoke that rises tells the world if a decision has been made. Black smoke, no decision, white smoke and we…

The Roman Catholic Pope is selected during conclave. All of the important cardinals go into a locked room and decide which cardinal will be the next pope.

As the successor of Saint Peter, supreme authority is vested in the Pope. He has universal jurisdiction and all Catholic bishops may only use their authority when they are in communion with the Pope.

the Cardinals, bishops, priests and nuns all have certain duties to full fill in the Vatican where the Pope resides.

All cardinals under the age of 80 years make up the electorate that chooses a new pope.

The social and political structure of Europe and the near east was very abusive to most folks. The nobility, which were the land owners basically ruled the countries, started wars, and controlled wages. They were frequently opulent in their life style, and they frequently were having to go to war to protect the lands they owned. When you do that, you need an army, and in all of Europe, there were not many peasants at…

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A group of species that consists of a common ancestor and all of its descendants.

The pope eats whatever he desires. There is no prescribed diet the pope must follow unless so dictated by his doctor, He must follow the same rules of fasting and abstaining as all Catholics.

Nothing much we can do,because all the VIP's and security personal is enough to for us to stay far away.

Saint Linus succeeded Saint Peter as the second bishop of Rome (Pope). Answer Although there is no official list of popes, Saint Linus is considered as the second pope. (According to the Annuario Pontificio.) Catholic Answer There is absolutely no doubt that Christ appointed Peter as the first head of his new Church: "And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of…

Pope Clement VI granted remission of sin to all who died of the Plague.

pope urban called on the christians from all over Europe to retake the holy land from the Muslim Turks

The Cardinal Electors - all cardinals under age 80 - elect a new pope.

They were all descendants of Victoria of United Kingdom.

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Benedict became the pope because he was elected as pope by the College of Cardinals in a secret conclave in 2005.