The Alexandia Pope or Coptic Pope is head of a relatively small Orthodox sect while the Catholic Pope is head of 1.2 billion members.
The pope in Alexandria is only considered more important than the pope in Rome by members of the Orthodox Church, particularly the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Roman Catholic AnswerIf you are talking about sacramental power, or grace, only Our Blessed Lord is higher than a Bishop. The Pope and the Cardinals are Bishops.
No, the title of "Kaiser" is not a rank higher than "King" and it is not conferred by the pope. "Kaiser" is the German word for "emperor," historically used to denote the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire and later the German Empire. While emperors often held a higher status than kings, the title itself was not directly granted by the pope; rather, it was associated with the idea of imperial authority and sovereignty.
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.
To Catholics, at least, the pope is much more important than any president, monarch, or dictator.
The pope outranks him.
to prove he was higher than the pope himself, and he was the ruler. That no one else was higher than he and the church was weak.
A person that's "more Popish than the Pope" is somebody who thinks he's speaking from a much higher moral ground and thinks he knows everything about morality and faith, when in reality, he doesn't.
The pope is the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church.
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I do know who the first Pope was to canonize Catherine of Alexandra, but, after she was taken out of the Canon of Saints in the 1960s, she was reinstated about 30 years later by Pope JP II.
The pope is the highest ranking member of the Catholic hierarchy.