Kings are the ruler of that country. Popes are the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
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 were no popes in the pagan world, you imbecile; the popes were vicars of the roman catholic (ie. Christian) church.
The Pope is head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Roman Catholic AnswerA number of Popes were responsible for shepherding the Catholic counter-Reformation, (see link below) including St. Pius V, Pope Gregory the XIII, and Sixtus V.
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.
there is only one pope at a time, he) will serve until his death.
A biography on Pope Francis would typically be classified under the Dewey Decimal number 282.092, which is the section for biographies of Roman Catholic popes.
When the schism came to a close, near the time of the Council of Constantine, three popes where vying for the official position: Gregory XII- Roman Catholic Church Benedict XIII- French Catholic Church John XXIII- German Catholic Church
No, but for about 70 years the popes reigned from Avignon, France.
Italian pope was given higher power:):)
As of 2014 there have been 3 popes - Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis..