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1 day ago · t. e. The pope ( Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized : páppas, lit. 'father'), [2] [3] also known as the supreme pontiff, [a] Roman pontiff [b] or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome ), [2] visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church, and has also served as the head of state or ...
- List of Popes
Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's...
- Pope (Disambiguation)
Religious offices. Pope of Rome, the head of the Catholic...
- Pope Urban Vii
Pope Urban VII (Latin: Urbanus VII; Italian: Urbano VII; 4...
- Avignon Pope Benedict Xiii
Early life. Pedro Martínez de Luna was born at Illueca,...
- Apostolic Successor
Episcopal consecration of Deodatus; Claude Bassot []...
- Vatican City State
Vatican City (/ ˈ v æ t ɪ k ən / ⓘ), officially the Vatican...
- Pope John Xii
Pope John XII (Latin: Ioannes XII; c. 930/937 – 14 May 964),...
- Pope John Paul I
Pope John Paul I (Latin: Ioannes Paulus I; Italian: Giovanni...
- Chair of Saint Peter
The Pope's throne in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City,...
- History of The Papacy
According to Roman Catholicism, the history of the papacy,...
- List of Popes
1 day ago · The Roman Rite liturgical books, including the Roman Missal and the Liturgy of the Hours, included offices venerating Mary's immaculate conception on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. An example is the antiphon that begins: " Tota pulchra es, Maria, et macula originalis non est in te " ("You are all beautiful, Mary, and the original stain ...
1 day ago · t. e. The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The council met in Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City for four periods (or sessions), each lasting between 8 and 12 weeks, in the autumn of each of the four ...
- Up to 2,625
- Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI
- 11 October 1962 – 8 December 1965
- First Vatican Council (1869–1870)
1 day ago · Contemplative prayer in the Roman Catholic Church. Methods of prayer in the Roman Catholic Church include recitation of the Jesus Prayer, which "combines the Christological hymn of Philippians 2:6–11 with the cry of the publican and the blind man begging for light (Mark 10:46–52).
3 days ago · The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity. They were founded c. 1119, headquartered on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and existed for nearly two centuries ...
- 15,000–20,000 members at peak, 10% of whom were knights
5 days ago · Explore Westminster Cathedral, London, the principal seat of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales. cathedral, in Christian churches that have an episcopal form of church government, the church in which a residential bishop has his official seat or throne, the cathedra. Cathedral churches are of different degrees of dignity.
1 day ago · This is a growing list of territorial dioceses and ordinariates in communion with the Holy See. There are approximately 3,000 actual (i.e., non-titular) dioceses in the Catholic Church (including the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches). Those dioceses which are (metropolitan or nominal) archdioceses (including archeparchies) are marked in bold type and are also listed at List of ...
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