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The pope is regarded as the successor of St Peter. As one of the apostles, Peter was subject to the same privileges and obligations as the other apostles (equivalent to a Catholic bishop today). However in addition to this according to the Gospel according to St. Matthew (Ch 16) Jesus gave the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven to Peter alone. As key-holder to the Kingdom of Heaven where Christ is King the role of St Peter and his successors is to provide access to the benefits of the Kingdom of Heaven for those authorised to receive them ("feed my lambs", "feed my sheep"). In order to create harmony between heaven and earth Scripture also provides that whatever he binds or looses on earth, apparently in the execution of this duty, will also be bound or loosed in heaven. The most important duty is to guide and support the whole of the Church. He is the Leader of the Church.
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∙ 13y agoThe duties of the pope is to lead the special masses like for example the world youth day and other kinds of special masses.
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Did Popes fight in the Middle Ages?
Yes, they had many differences on matters of authority and doctrine. Some Popes were even excommunicated by Church Synods (or Councils) and other rival Popes were elected in their place, called Ante-Popes.
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The Medici family produced four popes.
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Who was the sainted pope?
There are about 80 popes considered as saints in the Catholic Church.
What were the duties and powers of the popes during the middle ages?
They had religous and chruch power also their duties to lead the chruch and be preist
What do the popes do to elect a new pope?
Popes do not elect popes. Popes are elected by the cardinal electors.
What country have most of the Popes come from?
The vast majority of popes have been Italian. As of February of 2013 there have been only 18 popes from other countries.
What is the second country to contribute the most popes to the Vatican?
There have been 17 popes from France, the second behind Italian popes.
Who held more power popes or kings?
the popes had more power over the kings
What is the fear of popes?
Papaphobia is the fear of popes.
How many non Italian popes have there been?
There have been 217 Italian popes and only 49 non-Italian popes.
Do popes go to Heaven?
I am sure there are many popes in Heaven but am equally sure that there are a number of popes burning in hell.
What is the holy name of the twelve popes?
There have been 12 popes who have taken Pius as their name.
Why does the Roman Popes have so many false popes when the Coptic popes have none?
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.
Which city is called City of Popes?
Avignon, France, is sometimes referred to as the "City of Popes" because of the presence of popes and anti-popes from 1309 to 1423 during the Catholic schism.
Did popes elect cardinals?
Popes do not elect cardinals, they name them.
