Pope John Paul II was the first from Poland. He served from October 1978 to April 2005.
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Christianity. Many in Poland are Catholic.
Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3%
There are many religions in Portugal but the most dominate one is Roman Catholic
The majority religion in Poland is Roman Catholicism. It is estimated that about 87% of the population identifies as Catholic. There are also small communities of other Christian denominations, such as Protestantism and Orthodoxy, as well as a growing number of people who identify as non-religious or have other beliefs.
Hitler was not a Lutheran. He was a Catholic, although in name only. He had many Lutheran and Roman Catholic priests and laity killed.
Roman Catholic Popes are descended from Peter, how can they be false? Please be more clear in your question and what you are referring to.
there is only one pope at a time, he) will serve until his death.
Roman Catholic AnswerAs of Benedict XVI, there are been 266 Pontiffs of the Catholic Church. A complete list of them is at the link below. You may click on each name for a history of each, although, except for the Avignon Popes, nearly all of them have lived or died in Rome.
As of 2014 there have been 3 popes - Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis..
Roman Catholic priests today take a vow of celibacy, but many early popes were married men.
As of April 2013 there have been 266 popes.
It's just the Catholic Church, not the Roman Catholic Church. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. There has been an unbroken line of 266 popes from St. Peter (first Pope appointed by Our Blessed Lord in Matthew 16: 17-19) to the current Francis (as of 2013), and 39 anti-popes (Men who claimed to be pope but were not validly elected). For the complete list, see the link below.
Including Pope Benedict XVI there have been 265 popes.
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A cardinal is of a higher rank than an archbishop. A: Not necessarily a "higher rank" per se except that Cardinals elect future popes -- the Bishop of Rome.Clarification:In many cases a cardinal IS an archbishop.
There is only one pope at a time and he is Catholic. There are no Protestant popes although, technically, the pope is the spiritual leader of them also.
Christianity. Many in Poland are Catholic.