Pope

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Bishop of Rome
BISHOPRIC CATHOLIC

Incumbent: Benedict XVI Elected: 19 April 2005

Province: Diocese:

Ecclesiastical Province of Rome Rome

Cathedral: Archbasilica of St. John Lateran First Bishop: According to traditional Christianity, Saint Peter

Formation:

According to traditional Christianity, the 1st century

Website:

The Holy Father

The pope (from Latin: papa; from Greek: (pappas), a child's word for father)
[1]

[2]

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Wait a minute!
Didnt Jesus say, Call No Man "Father"?
Many Protestants claim that when Catholics address priests as "father," they are engaging in an unbiblical practice that Jesus forbade: "Call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven" (Matt. 23:9).

In his tract 10 Reasons Why I Am Not a Roman Catholic, Fundamentalist antiCatholic writer Donald Maconaghie quotes this passage as support for his charge that "the papacy is a hoax." Bill Jackson, another Fundamentalist who runs a full-time anti-Catholic organization, says in his book Christians Guide To Roman Catholicism that a

"study of Matthew 23:9 reveals that Jesus was talking about being called father as a title of religious superiority . . . [which is] the basis for the [Catholic] hierarchy" (53).

So

WHY
Jesus Christ?

is the Roman Catholic

Church in Rome expressly

acting and instructing

Catholics to go AGAINST the instructions and teachings of

 is the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church.[3] In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle. The current officeholder is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected in a papal conclave on 19 April 2005.[nb 1] The office of the pope is known as the papacy. His ecclesiastical jurisdiction is often called the "Holy See" (Sancta Sedes in Latin), or the "Apostolic See" based upon the Church tradition that the Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul were martyred in Rome. The pope is also head of state of Vatican City,[4] a sovereign city-state entirely enclaved within the city of Rome. The papacy is one of the most enduring institutions in the world and has had a prominent part in human history.[5] The Popes in ancient times helped in the spread of Christianity and the resolution of various doctrinal disputes.[6] In the Middle Ages they played a role of secular importance in Western Europe, often acting as arbitrators between Christian monarchs, and averting several wars.[7][8][9

Yet, apparently,

in

modern times, ((like right now))

they e.n.t.i.c.e

(relgious) war... W

H Y?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvVr2uks0C8

Why was one of Jesus last words, WHY?

(Maybe it was a CLUE for the rest of us!)

(or Que!) WAKE-UP WORLD!

(WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?)

Listen, those who can hear