Could a pope not be Catholic ?

Question

Even if he proves to be a saint??

He even touched people and healed them?

Gave every waking hour to needy people?

I am not joking or being rude against Catholics I realy want to know

Answer 1

Nope. You gotta be a member of the club to be the leader of the club.

Answer 2

Well I guess that it's possible, just extremely unlikely. If you as much of the older people in the world read The DaVinci code's prequel Angels and Demons there is the occasion where when all of the cardinals say the name of one individual than that person is elected as it is a sign that the spirit has spoken invoking the power to get all to utter the same name in unison. Of course that person would likely prove to be a saint and well-known ... Usually though you have to understand that all the Cardinals are up for election and it is voted on. THE ONLY way a non-cardinal would be elected is in this EXTREMELY rare occasion and being that a Cardinal is Catholic than it is extremely likely to be a Catholic.

Answer 3

No a Pope must be catholic.

The Pope (from Greek: pappas / παππας, father; from Latin: papa, Papa, father1) is the head of the Roman Catholic Church. He is called by many names, including Successor of Saint Peter and Bishop of Rome. The office of the Pope is called the Papacy; his ecclesiastical jurisdiction is called the Holy See (Sancta Sedes in Latin) or Apostolic See (this latter, on the basis that both St. Peter and St. Paul were martyred at Rome). Early bishops occupying the See of Rome were designated Vicar of Peter; for later popes the more authoritative Vicar of Christ was substituted; this designation was first used by the Roman Synod of 495 to refer to Pope Gelasius I, an advocate of papal supremacy among the patriarchs. Marcellinus (d. 304) is the first Bishop of Rome whom sources show used the title of pope. The current Pope is Benedict XVI.

In addition to his service in this spiritual role, the pope is also Head of State of the independent sovereign State of the Vatican City, a city-state and nation entirely enclaved by the city of Rome. Before 1870 the pope's temporal authority extended over a large area of central Italy: the territory of the Papal States. The Papacy retained sovereign authority over the Papal States until the Italian unification of 1870; a final political settlement with the Italian government was not reached until the Lateran treaties of 1929.

Answer 4

Nope...even the most saintly of souls could not achieve Pope-dom because it is a step-up process and one would have to be a cardinal to be nominated to be voted to become Pope by the other cardinals.

Saintliness never becomes official until after the death of the nominated Saint, also. So...a person can be as great as possible and cure disease, and perform miracles, etc, but they would not be recognized as a Saint until it is too late for them to know or care.

Answer 5

No.

Any baptized male Catholic can be elected Pope. Although the chances of a non-cardinal being elected is very small.

If the person elected is not yet a bishop, then he is ordained a bishop before accepting the office of the Papacy.

Theoretically we could once again have a married pope before we have married priests.

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

That's a real hard question and I think the answer is no.
Because if a pope could fall into heresy no one could judge him of it save God (and maybe a later pope). If a pope would fall into heresy he would cease to be Catholic and therefore also pope.

But that would void the promise of Christ to always be with his Church and that for all time there would be successors to Peter on the Apostolic See. "the gates of hell will never prevail...."

I think the Holy Spirit guards popes from falling into heresy.

The only requirements necessary to become pope is to be a baptized male catholic.

Answer 7

I think that actually happened back during the Dark Ages. But it's too late now, we are already at the end of the Papal line. Gloriae Olivae is the last pope listed in St Malachi's listings. Game Over.

Answer 8

No. I believe that a Pope must be Catholic. Not that that's fair but someone even a Christian wouldn't be privy to some of the secret and holy dogma.

Answer 9

Since the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, he has to be Catholic by definition.

Answer 10

No. Many saints are never popes and many people who are not saints become pope. To be pope is to succeed Peter in Peter's ministry.

Answer 11

Any single man who is Catholic has potential to be pope.