who was the 4th Pope of the Catholic Church?
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The first four are:\n\nSt Peter (41?-?67)\nSt Linus (67-?79)\nSt Anacletus (Cletus) (79-?90)\nSt Clement I (90-?99)
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The Pope. He presides over a congregation of over 1 billion believers. Which makes Catholicism, and vis-a-vis him, the most dominant form of Christianity out there.
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the pope is the religious and administrative leader of the catholic. He is considered to be peter, the apostle, the first pope. Rent the movie,"shoes of the fisherman" and it will be clear.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Severinus - 19k\nwww.stthomasirondequoit.com
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This is world wide....\n\nEvents  1594\n\nFebruary 27 - Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims. \nMarch 21 - Henry IV enters his capital of Paris for the first time. \n\n\nBirths 1594\nFebruary 19 - Henry, Prince of Wales (died 1612) \nMay 1 - John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate \nMay 29 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, German general (died 1632) \nJune 15 - Nicolas Poussin, French painter (died 1665) \nNovember 30 - John Cosin, English churchman (died 1672) \nDecember 9 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (died 1632) \nJean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (died 1654) \nJohn Bramhall, English Anglican clergyman and controversialist (died 1663) \nPhilippe de Carteret II, Seigneur of Sark (died 1643) \nTarquinio Merula, Italian composer (died 1665) \nPeter Oliver, English miniaturist (died 1648) \nAleksander Ludwik Radziwill, Polish noble (died 1654) \nAntoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (died 1661) \nMaria Tesselschade Visscher, Dutch poet (died 1649) \nTomasz Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (died 1638) \n\n\n\nDeaths 1594\nFebruary 2 - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (born 1525) \nApril 29 - Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer \nMay 31 - Tintoretto, Italian painter (born 1518) \nJune 3 - John Aylmer, English divine (born 1521) \nJune 7 - Rodrigo Lopez, Queen Elizabeth's physician executed for treason (born 1525) \nJune 14 - Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer (born 1532) \nJuly 10 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer and organist (born 1554) \nSeptember 25 - Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, Lord High Steward (born 1531) \nOctober 16 - William Allen, English cardinal (born 1532) \nNovember 22 - Sir Martin Frobisher, British explorer (born 1535) \nDecember 2 - Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (born 1512) \nJune - John Aylmer, Bishop of London \nBarnabe Googe, English poet (born 1540) \nJohn Johnson, English lutenist and composer \nThomas Kyd, English playwright (born 1558) \nGirolamo Mei, Italian historian and humanist (born 1519) \nWilliam Painter, English translator \nAlonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque nobleman (born None) \n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------\nEvents  1595\nJanuary 29 or January 30 - William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is probably first performed. \nWilliam Shakespeare writes A Midsummer Night's Dream. \nMay 24 - Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. \nJune 9 - Battle of Fontaine-Française. Henry IV of France defeats the Spanish, but is nearly killed due to his rashness. \nSeptember 15 - Group of pupils of Edinburgh High School barricade themselves in because of a dispute about holidays. When adults break in, pupil William Sinclair shoots city bailie John McMorane dead. Boys are arrested but acquitted later \nOctober 28 - Battle of Guirgevo. Transylvanian forces under Sigismund Bathory, allied to the Habsburgs, defeat the Turkish army of Sinan Pasha, securing Transylvanian control over Wallachie. \nMehmed III succeeds Murad III as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire \nThe Austrians incite a rebellion against the Ottomans in Bulgaria. \nThe Spanish navigator and explorer, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira leads the voyage that discovers (for Europeans), the first known islands of Polynesia, the Marquesas. \n\nBirths 1595\nJanuary 6 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French grammarian and man of letters (died 1650) \nJune 9 - King Wladislaus IV of Poland (died 1648) \nDecember 4 - Jean Chapelain, French poet (died 1674) \nDecember 5 - Henry Lawes, English musician (died 1662) \nDirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (died 1624) \nBihari, Indian writer (died 1664) \nThomas Carew, English poet (died 1645) \nMiles Corbet, English Puritan politician (died 1662) \nJean Desmarets, French writer (died 1676) \nHenry Herbert, English official (died 1673) \nLars Kagg, Swedish soldier and politician (died 1661) \nJan Marek Marci, Bohemian physician and sci
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It sounds strange, but it was outside his jurisdiction.  Most people believe the Pope has extraordinary wide ranging authority.  Most of his authority is moral not actual.  When the story became public he did call the cardinals to Rome, but it was still up to the local churches to fix their problems.  Pope's simply don't have that kind of power over a local church, unless it happens to be in the diocese of Rome itself.\n\nIn some circumstances, he could remove a bishop within the Roman Patriarchate, but even that power is limited.  Political power within Catholicism is local not international as a general rule.\n\nFurther, when the local bishops passed rules in the US Catholic Conference, the Pope ruled the Conference had no binding authority over the local church.  They could all voluntarily adopt the rules, but the Conference is more advisory than political.
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Actually, the honorary is "Holy Father." That's the custom of the Catholic Church ... "your grace" and "your emminence" are used for cardinals. Bishops and archbishops are "Bishop Smith," priests are "Father Smith" or "Father Tom," and monsignors are "Monsignor Smith."
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the first Pope was St. Peter (he was named by the own Jesus)(32-67)
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Pope Benedict the XVI makes the 266th Pope. Here are the names:  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm\n\nThe answer to how the first Pope came to be can be complex, if only because it is disagreed upon by those outside the Catholic Church.\n\nAs you will notice the first Pope on the list in the link above is St. Peter. This is Peter the Apostle from the Gospel and an author of epistles. I will provide a fuller link below, but here is the short of it.  Peter was considered in Scripture to be the head Apostle since he appears more often, is on every listing of the Apostles first, and had many unique experiences with Christ. Namely, one is Matt 16 especially verse 18. This verse was not contested for over a thousand years until the Eastern Catholic Church broke away and no longer accepted the Papacy. The Catholic Church from the beginning interpreted the verse to mean Christ's Church would be built on Peter, whose name means Rock. Furthermore, it was only Peter who received the unique gifts of the keys which are spoken about in that chapter. There are a couple other instances unique to the position that Christ called Peter to, which are listed in this next link along with the unanimous agreement among the early Church Fathers which prove the authenticity of the history of the Pope as the Catholic Church describes it.\nhttp://www.catholic.com/library/Origins_of_Peter_as_Pope.asp\n\nGood question. Very heavily debated since those outside the Church are taught to be reactive to the very word 'Pope.' I encourage you to read some of the other articles detailing the Pope on that 2nd website. The first one is tougher to understand.\n\nIf you have any more questions please add some details to this post and I will try to return to it later if necessary.\n\nThanks and God Bless.\n\nps. I just saw your additional inquiries. Perhaps this will help you. It is comprehensive in a lot of ways. But is a great read. What I encourage is for you to understand just what the Catholic Church says about the Pope. You are always welcome to view the opposition's argument, but often enough there are people that do not learn about the Catholic Church from the Catholic Church. And they learn things that aren't true or are distortions to bolster an agenda. Good luck in your search.\n\nhttp://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12260a.htm
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yes I  agree with you, and this Pope just like the last Pope, John-Paul ll, is a man of peace and is doing the will of Jesus to make peace, and love our neighbour, surely he is truly preaching the Gospel of Christ.
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His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI\nApostolic Palace \n00120 Vatican City State, EUROPE
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the pope is the head of the catholic religion, just like any corporation the share holders don't get to choose the ceo, or president whatever
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He could have, two popes have.  However, being elected a bishop is being elected to serve in the place of the Apostles.  The first bishop was Mathias in the Book of Acts.  The Pope is the successor to the See of Peter at Rome.  The Pope of Rome is not a title, it is not a job.  The last Pope's final task was in helping us to understand the dignity of suffering and death in Christ.  He could have retired, but he wouldn't have been living his calling from God.
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The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, he does not basicly get "paid" he does recieve money for expenses and has all his needs taken care of by the catholic Church
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for which religion? \n\nThe pope for Roman Catholics.
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Pope Benedict XVI.\nI'd like to raise the issues of women's rol inside the church and celibacy.
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Pope John Paul II forgave him.