Papacy
The pope (Latin: papa, from Greek: πάππας, romanized: pappas, "father"), also known as the supreme pontiff (Pontifex maximus) or the Roman pontiff (Romanus Pontifex), is the bishop of Rome, chief pastor of the worldwide Catholic Church, and head of state or sovereign of the Vatican City State. The primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, giving him the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the church would be built. Since …
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Pew Research Center · 26 September 2024 English
Pope Francis is broadly popular in much of Latin America and the U.S., but favorability has fallen in the Latin American countries surveyed.
late 2013 and early 2014 – roughly a year into his papacy. But in 2024, 72% of Colombians share this opinion …
Pew Research Center · 26 September 2024 English
Views vary on other ideas, such as recognizing same-sex marriages. Most see Pope Francis as a change in the church’s direction, and he’s broadly popular.
than they were a decade ago, shortly after his papacy began in March 2013. The decrease in favorability … favorability toward Pope Francis since the start of his papacy. Find this more detailed U.S. trend in our recent …
RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 21 September 2024 English
Global Outreach and Local Contexts: Pope Francis in the Partitioned Islands of Asia Pacific By Michel Chambon SYNOPSIS The Pope’s recent visit to Southeast Asia highlights both the Church’s attention …
engaged with the region. Since the beginning of his papacy in 2013, Pope Francis has made several apostolic …
RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 15 September 2024 English
Through the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, Francis has institutional authority over the leaders and their congregations, from Cardinals through to parish priests, monastics, and the laity. [...] The Pope’s …
Timor-Leste and Singapore – and Pope Francis’ whole papacy, has been a focus on interreligious dialogue. That …
Pew Research Center · 12 April 2024 English
Catholics are one of the largest religious groups in the United States, outnumbering any single Protestant denomination.
view of Francis in many previous polls during his papacy, which began in 2013. Catholic Democrats (89%) …
Pew Research Center · 12 April 2024 English
Most say Francis represents change in the church. And many say the church should allow priests to marry and let Catholics use birth control.
dozen times we have asked this question since his papacy began in 2013. While Catholic Republicans have …
CEP: Centro de Estudios Públicos · 20 March 2024
century, the wri_ngs of Hildegard von Bingen on the clash of the universal powers –the Empire and the Papacy– and the end of the 1000 years of Church Ages marked another step in the seman_cs of the apocalypse …
clash of the universal powers –the Empire and the Papacy– and the end of the 1000 years of Church Ages marked …
CEP: Centro de Estudios Públicos · 20 March 2024
century, the wri_ngs of Hildegard von Bingen on the clash of the universal powers –the Empire and the Papacy– and the end of the 1000 years of Church Ages marked another step in the seman_cs of the apocalypse …
clash of the universal powers –the Empire and the Papacy– and the end of the 1000 years of Church Ages marked …
HEPI: Higher Education Policy Institute · 22 November 2023 English
He subsequently worked at the Department of Trade and Industry, the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council, the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics, the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals and the …
the only medieval institutions – other than the Papacy – to have survived, his answer was ‘universities …
MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 7 November 2023 English
Therefore, the Medinan verses are to be read in the context of political circumstances of their times, whereas the Meccan verses as the phase when the basic tenents of the …
addition, the Gregorian Reform movement had made the papacy stronger and Italian shipping was beginning to …