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Catholic AnswerThe papacy is the office and jurisdiction of the Holy Father as the Vicar of Christ on earth, the current vicar as a successor of St. Peter - see Matthew 16:17-19.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Papacy. A term applied to the office and jurisdiction of the Pope as the Vicar of Christ on earth; and also to the papal authority viewed as a religious and social force in history since the beginning of the Christian era. It generally refers to the system of ecclesiastical government in the Catholic Church headed by the Pope. (Etym. Latin papa father)

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Papal means anything relating to the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church.

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"Papacy" is the term for the office held by the Pope.

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