As of 2010, the Catholic Church statistics showed 1.196 billion Catholics.
God, and the Pope is responsible for tending to God's Church on Earth.
The pope is responsible for leading and inspiring the Christians, particularly the Catholics. He also serves as the guide and leader of the church.
KIng Henry VIII started his own church after he broke with the Catholics and the pope.
Yes. Pope Francis.
The Pope and his cardinals are responsible for interpreting the Bible for Catholics. They publish their interpretation in The Catechism of the Catholic Church. Catholics consider the Pope to be God's representative on Earth. During the reformation some people decided that they didn't need a Pope and could interpret the Bible themselves. That was why Martin Luther translated the Bible from Latin into German
There will be no more than 120 cardinals involved in the election of the next pope.
Catholics are the followers of the Pope.
The pope for Roman Catholics (Catholics who attend mass in the Latin rite), as well as for Catholics of the Byzantine Catholic Church, the Ethiopian Catholic Church, the Greek Catholic Church, the Maronite Catholic Church, the Assyrian Catholic Church, and many more, none of which celebrate the Roman rite, but all of which are in union with the Pope.
Pope Fancis became the new pope in 2013.
Yes.
Catholics
The Pope is the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church (that is, the Latin Rite and the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Roman Pontiff).Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, whom, according to the Bible, Jesus named as the "shepherd" and "rock" of the Church.