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5 giorni fa · pope, (Latin papa, from Greek pappas, “father”), the title, since about the 9th century, of the bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. It was formerly given, especially from the 3rd to the 5th century, to any bishop and sometimes to simple priests as an ecclesiastical title expressing affectionate respect.
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21 ore fa · Be that as it may, the context of climate change communication in the Catholic Church does not fall solely on the Pope’s outward stance. From the top down, the Church’s hierarchy is composed of different levels of authority: the pope, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, religious orders, and the laity.
1 giorno fa · In English, Catholic priests are still addressed as "father", but the term "pope" is reserved for the head of the church hierarchy. In the Catholic Church "Black Pope" is a name that was popularly, but unofficially, given to the superior general of the Society of Jesus due to the Jesuits' importance within the Church.
1 giorno fa · On Monday, Pope Francis encountered a cross-section of the fruits of this synergetic conjunction between the hierarchical Church—the Council—and the charismatic Church, represented by Lubich. This Italian woman recognized the same power in other charismatic people outside the Catholic Church: Nikkyo Niwano in Japan, Grand Master Ajhan Tong in Thailand, Imam W.D. Mohammed in the USA, and ...
5 giorni fa · It is the third largest sui juris church within the communion of the Catholic Church and the second largest Eastern Catholic Church after the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The Syro-Malabar Church traces its origins to Thomas the Apostle's evangelization efforts in 1st-century AD India.
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3 giorni fa · Secular states, victims' groups and lay Catholic groups are leading the hierarchy by the nose through the humiliating process of change as they challenge the substance and value of hierarchy...
2 giorni fa · ‘Communicating and Relating’. “The Second Vatican Council proposed that the Church learn to speak to herself, her members and the world in a new way,” said Father Dennis McManus, a professor of systematic theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama.
