2006-11-15 13:08:28 · 8 answers · asked by crazy4chocolate 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 16:17-19)
The Catholic Church believes the Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock.
The current Pope, Benedict XVI, is the senior pastor of 1.1 billion Catholics, the direct successor of Simon Peter.
Pope Benedict XVI was born Joseph Ratzinger in 1927. Here is his official Vatican biography: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/biography/documents/hf_ben-xvi_bio_20050419_short-biography_en.html
With love in Christ.
2006-11-15 17:33:06 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The Pope is head of the Catholic Church and looks after all his people and he does a good job
2006-11-15 13:12:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can find out more about that if you type "the pope" into your search engine...the pope is the head of the catholic church...there's been many of them over the centuries...
2006-11-15 13:11:36 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the pope is the religious head of the roman catholic church,he resides in the vatican which is in rome,he is considered the absolute authority on religious matters concerning the roman catholic church ,governance of the vatican city is also a papal concern .
2006-11-15 13:37:11 · answer #4 · answered by dee k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pope is the head of the catholic church. he hold sevices like any other priest but also decides on whats sacreligious.
2006-11-15 13:29:32 · answer #5 · answered by god_of_the_accursed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my question would have been...' why is the pope, and does he? '
2006-11-15 13:12:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are just asking for those religion-bashers to diss on him..why dont you just look him up? they will be better results
2006-11-15 13:10:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.vatican.va
2006-11-15 13:18:31 · answer #8 · answered by Polo Panda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋