Pope Francis was elected as pope in March of 2013.
Pope Benedict XVI is the current pope (2011).
Pope Francis was elected on March 13, 2013.
The pastor. ---- The Pope, With most of the Christians in the world being Roman Catholics, The Roman Catholic Church is the face of Christianity to the non-Christian world, as such, the Pope is the most major religious leader in Christianity.
The pope is sometimes referred to as the Patriarch of the West.
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.
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They came to power when Charlemagne was crowned as emperor and defender of Christianity by the pope.
If you are refering to the places of the next poepes we do not know what happens after the final pope we can guess that something will happen to Christianity but we donot know.
The Bishop of Rome was the head of Latin or western Christianity in the last few centuries of the Roman Empire, in the the days when Christianity became the state religion of this empire. Latin Christianity was the main form of Christianity in the western part of the Roman Empire. Greek or Eastern Christianity was the main form of Christianity in the eastern part of the empire. Later they came to be called Catholic and Orthodox respectively. Therefore, the Bishop of Rome was the spiritual leader of the Christians in the western part of the empire. Later the bishop of Rome also took on the title of Pope.
There are several types of Christianity, and there are a number of different leaders. The branch of Christianity with the largest membership is the Roman Catholic Church, which is currently lead by His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI.
The latest pope (March 2013) is called Pope Francis.
because the government uses mind probes on everyone, DUDE. but seriously, because they have the pope, who is kind of a big deal in christianity.....
The Pope (Currently Pope Francis)
Christianity. The first Roman missionaries were sent by Pope Gregory to the Isles of Thanet in Kent to convert the Anglo-Saxons, who, back then, were heathen, which means that they believed in Heathenism.