The leader of the Catholic Church is called the Pope. The Pope is traditionally the bishop of Rome, however during the Middle Ages some Popes ruled the Church from France.
Jesus Christ continues to lead the Catholic Church through his vicar on earth Pope Benedict XVI as of 2011.
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I presume you are talking about the 'Roman Catholic Church' made up of congregations entirely in union with the pope. There are thousands of Catholic parishes in California. There are a number of churches that call themselves Catholic but that are not - The American Catholic Church, The American Charismatic Catholic Church, for example, which do not recognize the pope as the leader of the Church.
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 leader of the Church of Christ is called Reverend and President of the Church.
There are none. If they do not recognize the pope as the leader of the Church, they are not true Catholics despite what they might call themselves.
Most Orthodox churches call their leader a patriarch. However, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria uses the term pope. The Byzantine Rite of the Catholic Church as well as other eastern rites of the Catholic Church also uses the term patriarch, equivalent of an archbishop.
A good Catholic.
There is only one Catholic Church. There are no divisions. There are some non-Catholic denominations who call themselves Catholic but who are not Catholic, they are Protestant. If the church is not united under the pope in Rome, it is not a Catholic Church.
.Roman Catholic AnswerMost of the people who protested against the Church in the sixteenth century were heretics and apostates. Today they are, more politically correct, known as "protestant reformers" by those who followed them.
The Laity.
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its called a pope not a pop