Everyone of us knows about Pope. But how well we know about
that term??? Let’s see..!
- The term Pope is derived from a Latin word ‘Papa’ & a Greek word ‘Pappas’, meaning a child’s father.
- Pope is the BISHOP of the Rome and the leader of the worldwide Catholic church.
- He is also the head of the Vatican state city.
- Papacy : The office of the Pope.
- It is believed that Jesus appointed Peter as the head of the Church and Pope is believed to be the successor of Saint Peter.
- Saint Peter is also referred to as the First Real Pope.
- The Pope who succeeded St. Peter was St. Linus.
- The first Pope to retire was Pope St. Pontian.
- The Pope who is currently in office is Pope Francis who succeeded Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013).
- There are about 267 Popes till date.
- Pope Benedict IX has the honour for holding papacy three separate times in his life.
- A Saint’s prophecy believes that there are only two more Popes left. Never mind..! We just came through the dooms day prophecy failing miserably.
10 comments:
Why they have to be called by a different name when they become "Pope"?er
Also I was expecting there wud be something about the "smoke" selection process..
Rahulopedia comes out well everytime! (Hope next one will not be about nithyananda.. ;-) )
yup..! burning ballot - black and white smoke... Thought f includn tat but then the post myt be too long.. So left off...
Regarding ur ultimate point, i myself too hope not..;-)
They r beautiful persons of world and the new pope is Jeorge Mario Bergoglio elected on march 13,2013
nice post n he is a non-european......he s an argentinian.....
rytly said dude... Sabari aa ithu...?? ;-)
wats the difference between cardinals and pope?
actually Cardinals is like the Cabinet da. It consists of a league of very experienced old people who will elect the pope and monitor the administration of the pope.. Cardinals cannot be made Pope.. hope this explanation satisfied you..
sure got to new info...well said dude
thanx alot.. YW..!!
nice and good information da.
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