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Because it is used to symbolize that he is the subsitute sheperd in Jesus' place.
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What food does Baby help carry up to where the staff is dancing?
She carries a Watermelon
Who was Robert E. Lee's Battlefield Aide?
Lee had a small staff of officers to assist him and to carry orders to subordinates. Perhaps a dozen officers, and maybe close to two dozen served as a staff officer for Lee during the war. These officers traveled with him, camped with him, and were at his side when battle was joined. A couple of them were Colonel Charles Marshall, who was Lee's Chief of Staff, and Captain Walter Taylor.
Was Giulio de Medici the first pope?
No, Pope Saint Peter was the first pope.
What nationality is the pope?
Technically, he is Vatican as the pope is the head of state of that country. However, he is also German - Pope Benedict XVI. If he were to resign his position his citizenship would return to German.UpdateThe current pope (2013), Pope Francis, is from Argentina.
Did Adolf Hitler meet the pope?
Yes. There are pictures of him shaking hands with the pope. The pope smiling for the cameras.
What is the name of the staff the bishop and the pope carry?
A croiser.
What is the name of the stick that the Pope uses to walk with?
The papal staff is called a ferula. It is a staff which is topped by a cross. Bishops carry a staff with a curved top which is called a crozier.
What is the pope's crozier?
Modern popes no longer carry a crozier, the hook 'shepherd's staff' carried by bishops. They carry instead a Papal Cross.
What is the name of the pope's staff that he carries?
Crosier is the name of the bishop or pope's staff.
Who is the acting pope if the pope dies?
The pope's chief of staff, called the Camerlengo
who brings the pope his food?
The pope has a staff who purchase and prepare meals for the pontiff.
Who is chief of staff to Pope Francis?
There is no real chief of staff by that title. There is, however, a camarlengo who assists the pope and takes over most of the popes administrative duties should the pope die. The current Camerlengo to Pope Francis (2014) is Jean-Louis Tauran.
Does the Pope carry cash?
Possibly
What is the pope's cane called?
Modern popes do not bear a crozier (a bent pastoral staff styled after a shepherd's crook), but rather bear the Papal Cross, a staff topped by a crucifix. In other words, it is called a Papal Cross. And they used to carry one called a crozier.
What does the pope's scepter mean?
The pope does not have a scepter. He carries a crozier, the bishop's staff, which is a symbol of his office as bishop of Rome. All bishops have a crozier. It resembles the shepherd's crook.
Why does the pope carry a cross around his neck?
It is a tradition for a Pope to carry a cross around his neck. The cross that he wears is a symbol of his Christianity.Catholic AnswerSince the Middle Ages, the pectoral cross (a cross worn low on the chest, and rather large) has been the sign of a Bishop in the Catholic faith. By custom only Bishops and Abbots may wear a pectoral cross with their vestments and clerical clothes. Archbishops, Cardinals, and the Pope are all Bishops, and thus, by virtue of their office, must wear a pectoral cross.
What do you call the staff of the holy Pope?
I am not sure which 'staff' you refer to. If you mean those who work closely with the pope to assist him as heads of various offices in the Vatican, they are called the 'curia.' If you mean the bishop's staff he sometimes carries as the bishop of Rome, it is called a 'crosier.'
