Saint Peter the Apostle
St. Peter
The first pope was St. Peter the Apostle. The Catholic Church is headquartered in Vatican City.
The Catholic Church has the pope as its leader.
The pope is the head of the Catholic Church. There is only one Catholic Church and it is not a sect. To be a Catholic Church, a church must be in union with the pope. If they are not in union with the pope, they are not Catholic.
The pope is the head of the Catholic Church. There is only one Catholic Church and it is not a sect. To be a Catholic Church, a church must be in union with the pope. If they are not in union with the pope, they are not Catholic.
There are about 80 popes considered as saints in the Catholic Church.
To be considered Catholic by the Church, you must be baptized in the Catholic Church, or else properly baptized in another church and formally received into the Catholic Church by a priest. Being born to Catholic parents isn't enough. You can be the Pope's nephew, but if you haven't been baptized, you are not Catholic.
The founder of the first Christian Church would be Jesus and Peter in normally considered to be the first Pope.
The English Catholic Church is just that, a Catholic Church in union with the pope in Rome. It is no different from any Catholic Church elsewhere in the world except that the language used is English. While the Church of England (Anglican Church) claims to be "Catholic" they are not in union with the pope in Rome so are considered as a Protestant denomination and not Catholic.
Pope St. Evaristus was pope in the year 100.
The religion with a spiritual leader known as the pope is Christianity, specifically the Roman Catholic Church. The pope is considered the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church and is based in Vatican City.
There is no pope named John Calvin. He would be considered as a heretic in the catholic Church.
The Catholic Church was the only church in the Middle Ages and the pope ruled the church and monarchies of Europe.