Including Pope Benedict XVI there have been 265 popes.
Of the 266 popes in the history of the Church, only about 80 have been declared as saints.
It's just the Catholic Church, not the Roman Catholic Church. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. There has been an unbroken line of 266 popes from St. Peter (first Pope appointed by Our Blessed Lord in Matthew 16: 17-19) to the current Francis (as of 2013), and 39 anti-popes (Men who claimed to be pope but were not validly elected). For the complete list, see the link below.
While there have been a number of truly bad popes who were vile and disgusting, none of them would be classified as being heretics. None of the bad popes ever taught anything contrary to the doctrines of the Catholic Church.
.Catholic AnswerThere have been many famous reformers of the Catholic Church, among them several famous Popes. Of the most recent, Pope John XXIII started the reform that was called for by the Second Vatican Council, which has been implemented by Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI.
As of April 2013 there have been 266 popes.
Through bribery and corruption. Many of the Popes throughout the history were corrupt and manipulated the affairs of countries.
The Church has celebrated Valentine's feast day since the year AD496.
Roman Catholic AnswerAs of Benedict XVI, there are been 266 Pontiffs of the Catholic Church. A complete list of them is at the link below. You may click on each name for a history of each, although, except for the Avignon Popes, nearly all of them have lived or died in Rome.
There is no pope in the Philippines. There is only one pope and he is in Vatican City. He is pope of the entire Catholic Church throughout the world, including the Philippines.
Yes and no. All popes are priests (bishops) but not all priests are popes. There is one pope but many priests. The pope is the leader of the Catholic Church, chosen in a secret election by the College of Cardinals.
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Roman Catholic AnswerThe Holy Father has many responsibilities, but only one overall: to be Christ's Vicar on earth; and visible head of the Church.