How a roman catholic Pope has been choosen?
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The College of Cardinals decide's by voting who will be the next Pope.\nThey are put in seclusion together during the process and cannot speak about it to anyone, other than their fellow Cardinals.\n\nBefore any voting take's place, they pray (much) that God will guide them in their voting through the Holy Spirit, so that the next Pope will be the one God chooses through them.\n\nThere is usually 2, sometimes 3 Votes before it is announced that a new Pope has been chosen.  They burn all Votes, but the definitive one will have white smoke coming from the chimney, signifying that a Pope has been chosen.\n\nThe new Pope goes into a room and change's into the white garment of the Pope.  He also tell's the Cardinals which name he will take, such as John Paul II and Benedict XVI.\n\nShortly thereafter, he is announced by an official of the Vatican, by the words "Habemus Papa" which translated from Italian mean's Here is our new Pope.  He then step's out on the Balcony to greet everyone and say a few words.
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he was also called pilgrim pope. he made more foriegn trips ( over 100) than all prevous popes put together. ex. 1st to go to U.K. to the Queen.
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Hey Kango dude, are u trying to find ways in which you can kill the Pope  or something?\n No Bad,] but yu have got at least four questions saying ''Has a Pope ever been assasinated by a ......whatevr'' \nChill.
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for which religion? \n\nThe pope for Roman Catholics.
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If he/she married the first time by church then no way unless that person requests a marrige anullment to the pope...If the person didnt marry thru church for the first time just thru the civil laws then yea one can marry by church.
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He wanted a divorce. Plain and simple. Hence the birth the Church of  England. He had added power with controling the Church of England because the Pope gave him the title "Defender of Faith". And he wanted his wife Catherine to give him an heir . She only gave him a daughter.\n\nSource Wikipedia\nHenry maintained a strong preference for the traditional Catholic practices and, during his reign, Protestant reformers were unable to make many changes to the practices of the Church of England. Under his son, Edward VI, the church became theologically more radical, before rejoining the Roman church during the reign of Queen Mary I, in 1555. The settlement under Elizabeth I (from 1558) of a mildly protestant, catholic, apostolic, and established church (i.e. subject to and part of the state) that accommodates a wide range of theological positions has essentially been its character since.
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He could have, two popes have.  However, being elected a bishop is being elected to serve in the place of the Apostles.  The first bishop was Mathias in the Book of Acts.  The Pope is the successor to the See of Peter at Rome.  The Pope of Rome is not a title, it is not a job.  The last Pope's final task was in helping us to understand the dignity of suffering and death in Christ.  He could have retired, but he wouldn't have been living his calling from God.
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The linked news story says that Pope Benedict XVI rooted for his hometown soccer team, Bayern-Munich, while archbishop of Munich and Freising.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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In Christianity, the category of "the elect" is tricky because it engages theological differences between different strains of Christianity regarding the exact interaction of free will (which is essential to Christian ethics) and God's foreordained determination of all history (which is essential to Christian cosmology), which have appeared at times to some Christian theologians to have a paradoxical relationship.\n\nFor Calvinists, for example, God has chosen the elect at the beginning of time and whether one chooses to embrace Christian salvation or reject it is on one hand a form of free will, but beneath that and more fundamentally is an expression of God's predetermination of all choices.  In the Roman Catholic tradition, the "elect" is more oriented toward free will, and means both those chosen by God and those who have chosen God, which are understood to be coextensive spheres.  In the Fundamentalist tradition, the term elect primarily is used to contrast those who are saved with those who are damned, and is a preferentialist term.\n\nYes, elect and chosen are the same in the contemporary Christian context--although the original Biblical meaning of "the chosen" had to do with the Jewish people, which is not at all the same as "the elect."
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It is interesting how women have been given rights, but still denied certain places to be equal to man. Yet there was a woman pope that was almost written out of history. Infact she personated herself as a man and evenatually got elected pope. Even popes are not innocent people and during that time...i can't quote the exact century, but I believe the 16th century....popes had lovers. She ended up pregnant. Before anyone was to find out she tried to flee, but it was too late. She was found out and on her escape out she was given birth to a baby. She and the baby were stoned to death on their way out. The scholars were trying to write her out of history, but like anything the truth can't be totally erased. The church tried to keep money in power in the church thus forbidding priests to marry and keeping it totally male. It wasn't about equal rights, but money and power/politics. Now adays it has been so established that priesthood should only be for men, that Im not sure how well accepted a woman would be as a cardinal let alone a pope. We are still trying for a woman president. Because of the social stigmas we have so much to overcome. There is no overnight fix. Infact women got most of their rights after our rigths to vote...the sufferage. It took us that long just to get there....it will take us that much longer to get where we want to be.
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Probably the most recognizable and, therefore, famous man would be the Pope.
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Well, the Pope is head of the catholic church and a King would be head of the country. Unless you are in the vatican city which is a secular state where the pope lives and takes on the lead role of the vatican city also (considered I think the smallest country in the world)  \n\nI one time during many years ago the pope did head up a larger territory in the area but was once exhiled. Then later returned to the vatican where it became a secular state.\n\nA king rules over a country, and some countries kings/queens is also head of the religion in that country.\n\nSo you could say the Pope is on equal footing (since he is head of the vatican city with a secular state) also with a wide reaching power into also heading up the world catholic church.
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: \n\nThe Lord Jesus chose men to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry. \n\nThe Church recognizes herself to be bound by this choice made by the Lord himself. For this reason the ordination of women is not possible.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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If I remember history correctly, it was Kennedy.\n\nYep, just went and looked it up, John F Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President.
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The Pope is nothing more than a Bishop (as are the Cardinals).  Just a highly elevated Bishop (much like the Archbishop is an elevated Bishop).\n\nHe is the Bishop of Rome, because that is his diocese.  There are other Bishops in Rome, to be sure.  I think the title comes from St. Peter, who was the first Bishop of Rome (before there was the Holy See and before there was a Vatican City-State), and the Pope is the 265th(?) successor to Peter, and they keep the title of Bishop of Rome.\n\nAm I 100% sure of that?  No, but it makes sense to me.\n\n** Edit **\n\nHe is the Holy Father because he is a Priest (and we call our priests Father).  Holy because he is the head of the Church.\n\nWe call our Priests "Father" because they are the representatives of Christ on Earth, and at the Mass and at Confession he is acting "In Persona Christi" (In the Body of Christ).  If you are Catholic and go to Mass you will hear it in the Eucharist.  He says eat my body and drink my blood (as Jesus said in the last supper), not "Jesus said. . ."\n\nAs to whether or not he is "holy", I believe him to be.  He was elected by his peers with guidance from the Holy Spirit.  Not from political campaigning or the like (at least I don't remember signs saying "Vote for Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger for Pope" when I was at the Vatican - just a little humor).\n\nHis title is a little hard for some to accept.  It is true that Jesus said "call no man father on Earth" but he was refering to those that would claim to be from Christs teaching, but really weren't.  I think there is a clear, and unbroken, chain from Jesus, to St. Peter to Benedict XVI.\n\nI hope I helped clear it up.
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Okay, first there are multiple sets of rule depending on whose jurisdiction you are under.\n\nAssuming that you are a Catholic unmarried male under the Patriarchate of Rome, then you must remain celebate for the rest of your life, dedicating your life only to serving God.\n\nOn the other hand, if you are a married or unmarried male of one of the Byzantine Metropolia or Patriarchates, then you can become a priest, but not remarry if your spouse would die.\n\nThe other 20 odd self governing segments of the Catholic Church have their own rules.  I don't know what they do.  I believe some require celebacy and some do not.\n\nThe rules are an issue of discipline not an issue of belief.  No one has a right to be selected to serve a bishop in the presbyterate.  If you believe you are called then you could serve, but you have no "right," to serve unless you are ordained to do so.  Local rules determine who can and cannot be a priest.\n\nAdditionally, rules in Catholicism are generally thought of best as norms rather than laws.  The Roman Catholic Church certainly has married men serving as priests, primarily former Anglican priests who switched.  Likewise, Byzantine priests who are widowed with children really need a wife pragmatically.  Consequently, there are rules to permit marriage as well.\n\nNonetheless, all Christians are obliged to practice chastity.  Of course if you are married that means you need to have sex with your spouse and if you are unmarried you must not have sex with anyone.  Priests actually promise never to marry, as such, they must be celebate.
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Pope is not the beast. Its antichrist. There will be a mark on his forehead, others can see it but he can't. He will have some satanic powers to make the followers.