Pope topic
Also known as
- Successor of the Prince of the Apostles,
- Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church,
- Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City,
- Vicar of Christ,
- Primate of Italy,
- Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province,
- Bishop of Rome,
- Servant of the Servants of God
The Pope (from Latin: "papa" or "father" from Greek πάπας, pápas, "papa", Papa in Italian) is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current (265th) pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in papal conclave.
The office of the pope is called the Papacy; his ecclesiastical jurisdiction is called the "Holy See" (Sancta Sedes in Latin) or "Apostolic See" (the latter on the basis that both St. Peter and St. Paul were...
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