Cardinal is the next step down in the hierarchy from the pope.
The Bishop role is important because he could become the next Pope and he is very high in his church. He is also a spirtual leader like the pope and is very religious.
a pope carries out his role in the church by helping others and leading theroman chatholic church!
A pope's role in a Christians church is to pray and bless other people and talk about god.
He was elected as pope on April 19, 2005.
There will be no more than 120 cardinals involved in the election of the next pope.
The reson the pope shut down all the churches in England was because the 2 of them had an argument on who would be the next Archbishop of Canturbury.This led to the pope (the holyist man at the time) to get angry at King John. The pope then excommunicated (banished) John from all the churches under his power. I really hoped this helped. :) :) :) :) :) ;) ;) ;( ;)
There was a Pope John Paul I and II and a Pope John XXIII but never a Pope John Paul XXIII
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Pope is the Vicar of Christ on earth.
Pope St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88) followed Linus.
The next conclave to elect a pope will occur a few days after Pope Francis either dies or resigns.
Are you referring to the Camerlengo? If a pope dies or resigns, until a successor Pope can be elected, the Camerlengo serves as the Vatican City's head of state. He does not have the powers of the pope, however, and is in now way considered to be a 'vice pope.' His main duties during this time is to arrange the funeral of his predecessor and the plan the conclave that will elect the next pope. The current camarlengo, appointed in December of 2014, is Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.
No, his posessions are cleared out and the next pope moves in.