pontificate
maybe it's when you put the word in the sentence first. Papacy is a noun but it is not a title given to a person like "President". well, it's much more the same like "the presidency."
There are various names for Papacy, the most common is The Holy See, Diocese of Rome, The See of Rome, The Patriarchate of Rome, See of Peter and etc..
Papacy is the correct answer.
No, the pope is the head of the papacy, the papacy is the government of the Roman Catholic Church.
266 popes have 'performed' the papacy.
Avignon Papacy ended in 1378.
Avignon Papacy was created in 1305.
His papacy began on October 31, 1503.
It is sometimes referred to as the "Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy" or the "Avignon Papacy." During this period the papacy was headquartered in Avignon, France.
Innocent III.
From 1305 until 1378 the papacy ruled from Avignon, France.
The papacy never did such a thing, and the name for it would be malicious fantasy. Perhaps you are thinking of another present day religion which does this in the name of their God and to help form their military take over of a region.