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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.
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How does the pope show that he is a follower of Jesus?
Well the Pope wouldn't like to be called the followers of Jesus. They're the followers of the Apostle Peter. Their job is to pretty much spread the teachings of Peter, which is just a re-translated version of Jesus' teachings. Since Peter was actually in Rome to spread Christianity to the Roman people, you can think of the Pope as a really important worldwide one-man missionary, only he does other things like peace talks and giving to the poor.
List names of popes of the 20th-21st century?
I'm not sure on the years but the last five popes are, in order, Benedict XVI, John Paul II, John Paul I, Paul VI, John XXIII.
Is interdict a weapon for pope?
Yes and somewhat, mostly yes because, an interdict had many sacraments and religious services that could not be preformed in king's lands, the king believed that without such sacraments they might be doomed in hell. I just got this answer from another question that was the exact same!
You have two questions here, one is what is a person's responsibility, and the other is what is the Holy Father's responsibility. You needn't worry about that second as that is between the Holy Father and God. You are only responsible for your own actions.
There was an interesting discussion of this in Faith Facts Answers to Catholic Questions by Leon J. Suprenant, Jr. & Philip C.L. Gray, which discusses what should one do if one is asked to stand during the Eucharistic Prayer by a priest when you know that the Church tells us we are to kneel. The priest, in this case is wrong, and we should kneel. However, to commit scandal is a sin, and if by disobeying the priest we cause another to sin through scandal, then we are committing sin which may be mortal. In this particular case I would not think it would be mortal as the conditions are not all met.
In the case of the Holy Father. You have two different sets of teachings. When the Holy Father is teaching ex cathedra, then he is infallible. In this case you need not worry as to whether he is wrong or not, as we know that he can not be wrong. If he is not teaching ex cathedra, then you are still obliged to form your own conscience correctly and abide by that, not his opinion.
from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994
1783 Conscience must be informed and moral judgment enlightened. A well-formed conscience is upright and truthful. It formulates its judgments according to reason, in conformity with the true good willed by the wisdom of the Creator. The education of conscience is indispensable for human beings who are subjected to negative influences and tempted by sin to prefer their own judgment and to reject authoritative teachings.
1790 A human being must always obey the certain judgment of his conscience. If he were deliberately to act against it, he would condemn himself. Yet it can happen that moral conscience remains in ignorance and makes erroneous judgments about acts to be performed or committed.
Who were the popes after Saint Peter up to present?
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from The Catholic Encylopedia (see link below the question):
- St. Peter (32-67)
- St. Linus (67-76)
- St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
- St. Clement I (88-97)
- St. Evaristus (97-105)
- St. Alexander I (105-115)
- St. Sixtus I (115-125) Also called Xystus I
- St. Telesphorus (125-136)
- St. Hyginus (136-140)
- St. Pius I (140-155)
- St. Anicetus (155-166)
- St. Soter (166-175)
- St. Eleutherius (175-189)
- St. Victor I (189-199)
- St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
- St. Callistus I (217-22)Callistus and the following three popes were opposed by St. Hippolytus, antipope (217-236)
- St. Urban I (222-30)
- St. Pontain (230-35)
- St. Anterus (235-36)
- St. Fabian (236-50)
- St. Cornelius (251-53)Opposed by Novatian, antipope (251)
- St. Lucius I (253-54)
- St. Stephen I (254-257)
- St. Sixtus II (257-258)
- St. Dionysius (260-268)
- St. Felix I (269-274)
- St. Eutychian (275-283)
- St. Caius (283-296) Also called Gaius
- St. Marcellinus (296-304)
- St. Marcellus I (308-309)
- St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
- St. Miltiades (311-14)
- St. Sylvester I (314-35)
- St. Marcus (336)
- St. Julius I (337-52)
- Liberius (352-66)Opposed by Felix II, antipope (355-365)
- St. Damasus I (366-83)Opposed by Ursicinus, antipope (366-367)
- St. Siricius (384-99)
- St. Anastasius I (399-401)
- St. Innocent I (401-17)
- St. Zosimus (417-18)
- St. Boniface I (418-22)Opposed by Eulalius, antipope (418-419)
- St. Celestine I (422-32)
- St. Sixtus III (432-40)
- St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
- St. Hilarius (461-68)
- St. Simplicius (468-83)
- St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
- St. Gelasius I (492-96)
- Anastasius II (496-98)
- St. Symmachus (498-514)Opposed by Laurentius, antipope (498-501)
- St. Hormisdas (514-23)
- St. John I (523-26)
- St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
- Boniface II (530-32)Opposed by Dioscorus, antipope (530)
- John II (533-35)
- St. Agapetus I (535-36) Also called Agapitus I
- St. Silverius (536-37)
- Vigilius (537-55)
- Pelagius I (556-61)
- John III (561-74)
- Benedict I (575-79)
- Pelagius II (579-90)
- St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
- Sabinian (604-606)
- Boniface III (607)
- St. Boniface IV (608-15)
- St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
- Boniface V (619-25)
- Honorius I (625-38)
- Severinus (640)
- John IV (640-42)
- Theodore I (642-49)
- St. Martin I (649-55)
- St. Eugene I (655-57)
- St. Vitalian (657-72)
- Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
- Donus (676-78)
- St. Agatho (678-81)
- St. Leo II (682-83)
- St. Benedict II (684-85)
- John V (685-86)
- Conon (686-87)
- St. Sergius I (687-701)Opposed by Theodore and Paschal, antipopes (687)
- John VI (701-05)
- John VII (705-07)
- Sisinnius (708)
- Constantine (708-15)
- St. Gregory II (715-31)
- St. Gregory III (731-41)
- St. Zachary (741-52)
- Stephen II (752) Because he died before being consecrated, many authoritative lists omit him
- Stephen III (752-57)
- St. Paul I (757-67)
- Stephen IV (767-72)Opposed by Constantine II (767) and Philip (768), antipopes (767)
- Adrian I (772-95)
- St. Leo III (795-816)
- Stephen V (816-17)
- St. Paschal I (817-24)
- Eugene II (824-27)
- Valentine (827)
- Gregory IV (827-44)
- Sergius II (844-47)Opposed by John, antipope (855)
- St. Leo IV (847-55)
- Benedict III (855-58)Opposed by Anastasius, antipope (855)
- St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
- Adrian II (867-72)
- John VIII (872-82)
- Marinus I (882-84)
- St. Adrian III (884-85)
- Stephen VI (885-91)
- Formosus (891-96)
- Boniface VI (896)
- Stephen VII (896-97)
- Romanus (897)
- Theodore II (897)
- John IX (898-900)
- Benedict IV (900-03)
- Leo V (903)Opposed by Christopher, antipope (903-904)
- Sergius III (904-11)
- Anastasius III (911-13)
- Lando (913-14)
- John X (914-28)
- Leo VI (928)
- Stephen VIII (929-31)
- John XI (931-35)
- Leo VII (936-39)
- Stephen IX (939-42)
- Marinus II (942-46)
- Agapetus II (946-55)
- John XII (955-63)
- Leo VIII (963-64)
- Benedict V (964)
- John XIII (965-72)
- Benedict VI (973-74)
- Benedict VII (974-83)Benedict and John XIV were opposed by Boniface VII, antipope (974; 984-985)
- John XIV (983-84)
- John XV (985-96)
- Gregory V (996-99)Opposed by John XVI, antipope (997-998)
- Sylvester II (999-1003)
- John XVII (1003)
- John XVIII (1003-09)
- Sergius IV (1009-12)
- Benedict VIII (1012-24)Opposed by Gregory, antipope (1012)
- John XIX (1024-32)
- Benedict IX (1032-45) He appears on this list three separate times, because he was twice deposed and restored
- Sylvester III (1045) Considered by some to be an antipope
- Benedict IX (1045)
- Gregory VI (1045-46)
- Clement II (1046-47)
- Benedict IX (1047-48)
- Damasus II (1048)
- St. Leo IX (1049-54)
- Victor II (1055-57)
- Stephen X (1057-58)
- Nicholas II (1058-61)Opposed by Benedict X, antipope (1058)
- Alexander II (1061-73)Opposed by Honorius II, antipope (1061-1072)
- St. Gregory VII (1073-85)Gregory and the following three popes were opposed by Guibert ("Clement III"), antipope (1080-1100)
- Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
- Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
- Paschal II (1099-1118)Opposed by Theodoric (1100), Aleric (1102) and Maginulf ("Sylvester IV", 1105-1111), antipopes (1100)
- Gelasius II (1118-19)Opposed by Burdin ("Gregory VIII"), antipope (1118)
- Callistus II (1119-24)
- Honorius II (1124-30)Opposed by Celestine II, antipope (1124)
- Innocent II (1130-43)Opposed by Anacletus II (1130-1138) and Gregory Conti ("Victor IV") (1138), antipopes (1138)
- Celestine II (1143-44)
- Lucius II (1144-45)
- Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
- Anastasius IV (1153-54)
- Adrian IV (1154-59)
- Alexander III (1159-81)Opposed by Octavius ("Victor IV") (1159-1164), Pascal III (1165-1168), Callistus III (1168-1177) and Innocent III (1178-1180), antipopes
- Lucius III (1181-85)
- Urban III (1185-87)
- Gregory VIII (1187)
- Clement III (1187-91)
- Celestine III (1191-98)
- Innocent III (1198-1216)
- Honorius III (1216-27)
- Gregory IX (1227-41)
- Celestine IV (1241)
- Innocent IV (1243-54)
- Alexander IV (1254-61)
- Urban IV (1261-64)
- Clement IV (1265-68)
- Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
- Blessed Innocent V (1276)
- Adrian V (1276)
- John XXI (1276-77)
- Nicholas III (1277-80)
- Martin IV (1281-85)
- Honorius IV (1285-87)
- Nicholas IV (1288-92)
- St. Celestine V (1294)
- Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
- Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
- Clement V (1305-14)
- John XXII (1316-34)Opposed by Nicholas V, antipope (1328-1330)
- Benedict XII (1334-42)
- Clement VI (1342-52)
- Innocent VI (1352-62)
- Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
- Gregory XI (1370-78)
- Urban VI (1378-89)Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII"), antipope (1378-1394)
- Boniface IX (1389-1404)Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII") (1378-1394), Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes
- Innocent VII (1404-06)Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes
- Gregory XII (1406-15)Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417), Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), and Pietro Philarghi ("Alexander V") (1409-1410), antipopes
- Martin V (1417-31)
- Eugene IV (1431-47)Opposed by Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V"), antipope (1439-1449)
- Nicholas V (1447-55)
- Callistus III (1455-58)
- Pius II (1458-64)
- Paul II (1464-71)
- Sixtus IV (1471-84)
- Innocent VIII (1484-92)
- Alexander VI (1492-1503)
- Pius III (1503)
- Julius II (1503-13)
- Leo X (1513-21)
- Adrian VI (1522-23)
- Clement VII (1523-34)
- Paul III (1534-49)
- Julius III (1550-55)
- Marcellus II (1555)
- Paul IV (1555-59)
- Pius IV (1559-65)
- St. Pius V (1566-72)
- Gregory XIII (1572-85)
- Sixtus V (1585-90)
- Urban VII (1590)
- Gregory XIV (1590-91)
- Innocent IX (1591)
- Clement VIII (1592-1605)
- Leo XI (1605)
- Paul V (1605-21)
- Gregory XV (1621-23)
- Urban VIII (1623-44)
- Innocent X (1644-55)
- Alexander VII (1655-67)
- Clement IX (1667-69)
- Clement X (1670-76)
- Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
- Alexander VIII (1689-91)
- Innocent XII (1691-1700)
- Clement XI (1700-21)
- Innocent XIII (1721-24)
- Benedict XIII (1724-30)
- Clement XII (1730-40)
- Benedict XIV (1740-58)
- Clement XIII (1758-69)
- Clement XIV (1769-74)
- Pius VI (1775-99)
- Pius VII (1800-23)
- Leo XII (1823-29)
- Pius VIII (1829-30)
- Gregory XVI (1831-46)
- Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
- Leo XIII (1878-1903)
- St. Pius X (1903-14)
- Benedict XV (1914-22)
- Pius XI (1922-39)
- Pius XII (1939-58)
- Blessed John XXIII (1958-63)
- Paul VI (1963-78)
- John Paul I (1978)
- John Paul II (1978-2005)
- Benedict XVI (2005-)
Are there a limited number of popes that can serve?
In the recent era there can only be one Pope at a time. The title is conferred until death or abdication, when a new election identifies the next pope.
As an aside, In the 2000+ year history of the Roman Catholic church there have been in the past schisms, fueds, and even dueling popes claiming different authorities to be the pope (often called Antipopes.)
When the office of the Holy See is vacant (i.e. no current pope), the college of cardinals convenes and elects the next Bishop of Rome (which is the title that confers papacy.) For more information on this process see this Wikipedia article on Papal Conclaves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_conclave
What are the steps a priest must take to become the pope?
You need to be a Roman Catholic and in the College of Cardinals. When the pope dies all the Cardinals in the world under the age of 80 meet in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. They are locked in the chapel (the Conclave) and they select the next pope. There is a complex series of ballots, and various times for reflection, prayer and preaching depending on the number of ballots completed. If a ballot does not result in the election of a pope, the ballots are burned with chemicals to insure the smoke is black. This is a signal to the faithful waiting outside that a ballot has been completed and has not resulted in a new pontiff. When a ballot results in an election, (the candidate elect is asked if he accepts, and he may decline, but cardinals will usually make it known before it reaches this point that they do not wish to hold the office) the ballots are burned with chemicals insuring that the smoke is white, signalling that a pope has been chosen. Prior to the 1960's the black smoke was produced by adding wet straw to the ballots, but occasional ambiguities in the color of the smoke (both black and white) necessitated a change. Many protocols are followed to guarantee that no ballot papers are lost or changed. See link for more than you ever wanted to know about the subject.
Why did the first pope die by crucifixion?
Pope Leo XIII
The catholic church has been around for over 2000 years. There are many doctrines that all Catholics, even the pope and priests, must follow. The pope is he head of the church on earth and when he speaks "from the chair" as we call it, what he says becomes doctrine, this does not include when he is giving an interview or some conversation. All catholics must follow all doctrine. For those who don't wish to follow the fullness of what the church teaches, well they are called Protestants.
Roman Catholic AnswerYou have been seriously misinformed. The Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ which exists to bring His love and Salvation to people. The Church's mission is to go out into the world preaching to all nations and baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Father, and the Priests are only there to bring Christ's message, and His grace to people in the sacraments.Was the pope the head of the Church during Saxon times?
Yes, the popes have been the head of the Church since AD33 when Saint Peter became the first leader of the Church.
Who was the last member of a religious order to be pope?
Pope Pius VI , Order of Saint Benedict, reigned March 14, 1800, to August 20, 1823.
True or false was the youngest pope ten years old?
False. The youngest pope question is difficult to be precise about as such records are hard to come by. It is generally believed that either Benedict IX or John XII was the youngest. John XII was eighteen when he was elected. As for Benedict, the numbers given for his age range from 11 to 20.
Has any LDS prophet met any Catholic Pope?
I believe President Gordon B. Hinckley met with Pope John Paul II, but I couldn't find any record of it.
In any case, Catholic church leaders and LDS church leaders have met together on several occasions. The Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City works closely with the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, and they often support each other's important events.
When did popes become leaders in churches?
Who asked Pope Urban II to help him?
Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) asked him for help against Muslim Turks.
Why do people go to visit the pope?
To worship the pope is poorly done. No Catholic is permitted to worship any man but the Godman Christ, to do otherwise would be a grave sin. The pope is the temporal leader of Christ's Church and carries the authority of Christ in his papal office. For this reason, the papal office is respected and revered by the faithful, irregardless of the worthiness of the man who has been elected to it. No living man has more on his shoulders or is responsible for more than the pope. He will be judged on the Last Day for his efforts on preserving and spreading God's love through His Church. Thus it was, in recognition of this crushing responsibility, that newly elected popes often vested for the first time in what had come to be called "the crying room" since the immensity of the office was suddenly theirs to contemplate. No one more than a pope must work out their salvation in "fear and trembling". Popes, however, finding their strength in God have reached out to the world in great spiritual and humanitarian efforts while still guiding the Church of Christ. Because of their great Faith and charity many Catholics and even non-Catholics enthusiastically support the pope. They do not worship him, however, unless some over-zealous person uses the word in obvious hyperbole.
Where is Castel Gandolfo located?
Castel Gandolfo is a town located near Rome, Italy. The population of the town is approximately 9,000. The Pope's summer residence is located in Castel Gandolfo.
== == Papaphobia is an intense fear or dread of the Pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
What do Catholics and Protestants think of the Pope?
Most Catholics think of the Pope as their Holy Father, Christ's vicar on Earth, the heir of Saint Peter and the head of their Church. Most Protestants think of the Pope as the crowning symbol of Catholicism's apostasy from the anti-establishment teaching of Jesus. You don't ask about Orthodox Christians, most of whom consider both Protestants and Catholics to be pagans.
What power did the pope have in Medieval Times?
The Medieval Times brought along a new strategy of organization. Power came with the land you owned. The king or queen, however, didn't have much power. He was just a person to look to in times of trouble. The Pope pretty much had all the power. The Church was what unified Medieval Europe, so people looked to the Pope to solve their problems. The power of the Clergy increased a lot during those times.
