If you mean the staff of people who assist the pope, they are known as the Roman Curia. If you are referring to the staff he carries when presiding at liturgical events, that is called a crozier. A crozier is carried by any bishop.
All Bishops are invested with a Crozier.
Throughout history, popes have made notable predictions such as the prophecies of St. Malachy, who predicted the future popes of the Catholic Church, and the predictions of Pope John XXIII about the Second Vatican Council. Additionally, some popes have made predictions about the end times and the future of the Church.
Modern popes no longer carry a crozier, the hook 'shepherd's staff' carried by bishops. They carry instead a Papal Cross.
Popes do not elect popes. Popes are elected by the cardinal electors.
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.
The vast majority of popes have been Italian. As of February of 2013 there have been only 18 popes from other countries.
There have been 17 popes from France, the second behind Italian popes.
the popes had more power over the kings
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.
A:As popes have for many centuries been required to be celibate, many sexually active popes would not have made their sexual status known, so we could never say with any certainty how many popes were celibate. It is generally only because of the existence of illegitimate children or complaints of rape, that it was proven that a pope was not celibate. Popes who were relatively elderly at the time of their election would probably have been celibate, but in some other cases popes would have been celibate by moral choice. In modern times it is considered that almost all popes have been celibate in office.
Please specify which of the 13 popes named Leo you are referring to.Leo the great
There have only been 3 popes from Africa:Pope Gelasius IPope MiltiadesPope Victor IHowever, no mention is made of their races. They may have been black, they may have been white.
Papaphobia is the fear of popes.