The pope in Rome is the leader of the entire Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church did not exist in 4 BC.
The Roman Catholic Church
The pope is the leader of the catholic Church on earth.
Pope Francis is the supreme leader of the Catholic Church.
The leader of the Catholic Church is the pope. Today (2011) that is Pope Benedict XVI.
No, the Catholic Church is the Christian Church, the original Christian Church. The Episcopal Church is a Protestant Church and not Catholic. To be Catholic a Church must accept the pope as the leader of the Church as well as other Catholic doctrines. The Episcopal Church does not.
The pope in Rome, today that would be Pope Benedict XVI, is the leader of the ENTIRE Catholic Church, even in Russia.
As of March 2013, Pope Francis is the leader of the Catholic Church.
The pope is the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church.
Pope.
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