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Popes
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and is leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. The Pope is also head of state of the Vatican City, a sovereign city-state entirely enclaved by Rome.
2,799 Questions
What did Pope Gregory ban in order to strengthen the power of the Church?
There have been 16 popes named Gregory. Please be specific.
French city where pope rival was installed for 20 years after 1378?
Avignon. The popes had actually lived there since 1309, but went back to Rome in 1377. When he died in 1378 a pope was elected in Rome and an anti-pope was elected in Avignon. This was only settled when Martin V was elected to succeed all the others (by which time there was one in Pisa as well). The palace of the popes, the city of Avignon and the surrounding teritory still belonged to the pope until 1790.
How did Pope Pius XI get his name?
Pope Pius XI chose his own name, as all popes do. It was an indication that he had much admiration for his predecessor, St. Pope Pius X, and planned to carry on with his policies.
Why did the eastern patriarch reject the pope's claim to be the head of the church?
Catholic Answer:
The presence of Peter in Rome, not explicitly affirmed in but consistent with the New Testament, is explicitly affirmed by Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Irenaeus of Lyon and other early Christian writers, and no other city has ever claimed to be the place of his death. The same witnesses imply that Peter was the virtual founder of the Church of Rome, though not its founder in the sense of initiating a Christian community there. They also speak of Peter as the one who initiated its episcopal succession, but speak of Linus as the first "bishop", while it is commonly held today that the Christians in Rome did not act as a single united community under a single leader until some time in the 2nd century.
The Eastern Church had been separated by distance from Rome for centuries with little oversite from the Western Church. Diuring this time they strayed from the original teachings and structure of the Church and developed their own culture and traditions. They were not about to acknowledge the Bishop of Rome as the leader and take a chance they would lose their own identity.
How did Martin Luther come into theological and political conflict with the Pope?
Martin Luther was himself a priest and was outraged by the corruption and excesses of the Church at the time. He questioned doctrine that seemed to have no basis. He was very outspoken about the need to reform the church, and challenged the power structures at the time.
Which pope deloped the Gregorian calendar?
The Gregorian calendar was initially decreed by Pope Gregory XIII on 24 February 1582.
Why did Pope Leo X need more money?
It is well known that Pope Leo X sold indulgences to help pay for the completion of the new St Peter's Basilica, but the Vatican's income from all over western Europe was so vast, that this could have been funded without simony if Leo had been satisfied with a life of modest wealth. Instead, he lived in absolute splendour, engaging in an orgy of spending, in addition to his costly military campaigns largely intended to enhance the fortunes of the Medici family. His coronation as pope saw one seventh of the Vatican's entire reserves spent in just a few days. The period of his papacy has been termed the Golden Age because of the generosity with which he showered gifts, pensions and lucrative posts on his friends.
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Russell Chamberlin (The Bad Popes) says that nearly half the revenue from the papal states went just to finance his endless banquets. Leo made over to his brother Guiliano the entire income of the duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Modena, which had recently been incorporated into the Papal States. In 1517 he led a war that succeeded in securing his nephew, Lorenzo, as duke of Urbino, at considerable cost to the papal finances.
When Pope Leo X died on 21st December 1521, possibly by poisoning or as a result of chronic ill-health, he left the Vatican's treasury completely empty and various banks and lenders with enormous unpaid debts.
What are the benefits of having a Pope?
There is one central leadership that makes certain that all in the Church follow the same teachings and do not branch off into heretical or incorrect teachings. This is a real benefit not enjoyed by other sects, such as the Anglican Church, where there is so much division over married priests, homosexuality, ordaining women or gays. In the Catholic Church there may be some who disagree with the pope's rulings, at least all are on the same page. The above statement was related to me by an Anglican priest who felt so frustrated because of these very issues and no one to clarify the situation.
"Meet the Pope" means simply that one personally meets with the Pope face to face.
Do the bishops work for the pope?
Bishops work for their dioceses but are under the guidance and leadership of the pope. There are bishops in Rome who are assigned various offices in the Vatican as part of the curia who may work directly for the pope. Many of these are cardinals.
Why was Portugal not happy about pope Alexander VI's decision in 1493?
The Treaty of Tordesillas was intended to resolve the dispute that had been created following the return of Christopher Columbus and his crew. In 1481, the papal bull Æterni regis had granted all land south of the Canary Islands to Portugal. On 4 May 1493 the Spanish-born Pope Alexander VI decreed in the bull Inter caetera that all lands west and south of a pole-to-pole line 100 leagues west and south of any of the islands of the Azores or the Cape Verde Islands should belong to Spain, although territory under Christian rule as of Christmas 1492 would remain untouched. The bull did not mention Portugal or its lands, so Portugal could not claim newly discovered lands even if they were east of the line. Another bull, Dudum siquidem, entitled Extension of the Apostolic Grant and Donation of the Indies and dated 25 September 1493, gave all mainlands and islands, "at one time or even yet belonged to India" to Spain, even if east of the line. The Portuguese King John II was not pleased with that arrangement, feeling that it gave him far too little land-it prevented him from possessing India, his near term goal (as of 1493, Portuguese explorers had only reached the east coast of Africa). He opened negotiations with KingFerdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to move the line to the west and allow him to claim newly discovered lands east of the line. The treaty effectively countered the bulls of Alexander VI and was sanctioned by Pope Julius II via the bull Ea quae of 24 January 1506.[7] Even though the treaty was negotiated without consulting the Pope, a few sources call the resulting line the Papal Line of Demarcation.[8]
From Wikpedia
What calendar problem did Pope Gregory XIII address and how did his committee solve it?
The Julian Calendar made the year too long and everything had gotten out of sync especially the dates of important feasts such as Easter. Pope Gregory proposed and inacted a new calendar that was closer to the actual length of a year.
There are several popes named Pius who are saints, others who are in the process of canonization.
Which pope said 'Let him be better castrated'?
Actually, it was St. Paul who said that, not a pope. He wrote in Galatians 5:12, 6:12-13, 6:15 "I wish the people who are bothering you would go the whole way and castrate themselves...It is those who want to look good outwardly who are tying to get you to be circumcised."
How did pope Alexander VI address the rivalry between Spain and Portugal over new trade routes?
He divided the extra-European world between Spain and Portugal in the bull Inter caetera (1493).
Why are papal proclamations called bulls?
A leaden seal is affixed around a cord and attached to the proclamation. These leaden seals are called bullae. Every papal proclamation has the papal bullae attached to it. On one side of the papal bullae is an engraved picture of two saints, and on the other side is the name and seal of the issuing pope. The bullae attachment is considered authentication of the document as being from the pope. Hence the proclamations are called bulls because of the bullae's attachment.
Why would some sources say there were two Pope John XXIII?
The first Pope John XXIII was an "antipope" thus his papacy was discounted.
