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Encyclopedia Articles (3)

Papacy

9,094 words, approx. 31 pages

Papacy PAPACY. The papacy is the central governing institution of the Roman Catholic church under the leadership of the pope, the bishop of Rome. The word papacy (Lat., papatus) is medieval in origin ... Read more

Popé

1,627 words, approx. 6 pages

Popé c.1625 San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico c.1690 San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico Tewa Pueblo medicine man and political leader Popé was a seventeenth-century revolutionary leader of the Pueblos, a... Read more

The Pope

1,445 words, approx. 5 pages

The Pope Within the Roman Catholic Church, the pope serves a dual role as both the Bishop of Rome and the spiritual and symbolic leader of the Church as a whole. According to Catholic doctrine, the po... Read more

Essays & Analysis (2)

The Papacy Gone Wild

752 words, approx. 3 pages

We all think of the church as a holy place, a place of worship, a reserved and calm place. This view was not unlike those living in the 13th and 14th centuries. The lavish style of the church caused m... Read more

Why Peter Was the First Pope of the Roman Catholic Church

172 words, approx. 1 pages

I think Peter made a good first leader of the Catholic Church or first pope because I think he loved Jesus the most. It may just be a small thing but I noticed it. In the reading you had us just r... Read more

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News & Journals (6)

Pope assails Marxism, capitalism

763 words, approx. 3 pages

Pope Benedict XVI blamed both Marxism and unbridled capitalism for Latin America's problems on Sunday, urging bishops to mold a new generation of Roman Catholic leaders in politics to reverse the c... Read more

Pope praises traditional family

330 words, approx. 2 pages

Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday praised a recent demonstration in Rome against proposed legislation granting legal rights to unmarried couples, including gay ones, saying it showed that traditional f... Read more

Pope denounces "degraded" Rome

282 words, approx. 1 pages

Vatican City (dpa) - Pope Benedict XVI denounced Thursday "the very grave degradation of certain parts of Rome" and, in a meeting with the city officials, also warned agains... Read more

Pope blesses newly restored Bronze Door

268 words, approx. 1 pages

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday blessed the newly restored Bronze Door, the main entrance to the Apostolic Palace and the papal apartments, which by tradition is closed upon the death of a pontiff."It ... Read more

Pope scraps university visit after protests

524 words, approx. 2 pages

ROME, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict cancelled a speech at Rome's most prestigious university on Tuesday after student and faculty protests, the first time demonstrations had forced him to scrap... Read more

Spaniard becomes Jesuits' new "black pope"

397 words, approx. 2 pages

VATICAN CITY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Spaniard Adolfo Nicolas was elected the Jesuits' "black pope", as the head of the largest and perhaps most influential, controversial and prestigious Catholic orde... Read more