pope

The Pope (from Latin: "papa" or "father" from Greek πάπας, pápas, "papa", originally written πάππας, páppas, as in Oyssey VI.57;Papa in Italian) is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current (265th) pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in papal conclave.

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White smoke rising from the Vatican announces the election of a new one of these
In the Catholic Church:bishop,archbishop,cardinal...
Each person elected to this highest Catholic office gets a new ring designed just for him
He may be addressed in conversation as "Most Holy Father"
After being reprimanded by Gregory VII, this religious leader, Emperor Henry IV convoked bishops to depose him
Quaker John Love went to Rome to convert this man in 1658; when he couldn't, he was arrested & hanged
The last IV to serve as this was Pius IV in 1565
He's the bishop of Rome
Reigning from around 67 to 79 A.D., Linus is considered to be the second man to hold this position
In 999 Sylvester II became the first Frenchman elected to this high holy office
Officially, any practicing Roman Catholic male can be elected to this high office
The 3-teired crown of this personage stands for spiritual power, temporal power & ecclesiastical power
Lisbon-born Pedro Juliao didn't last long on this Job; he was killed by a falling ceiling 8 months after becoming John XXI
In 217 A.D. Callistus I became the sixteenth man to hold this lofty post
The 1660s Battista portrait seen here may be of the man who followed Alexander VII into this post:
In 882 A.D. it was Marinus I
A 17th-century holder of this holy office in a 20th-century portrait
In 2002 Mexico's president Vicente Fox drew criticism for kissing this man's ring
Nostradamus very clearly predicted a new election of one of these for the year 1609--but Paul V failed to die
John XII was only about 18 when he was elected to this office in 955--that's a big step up from altar boy
Celestine V abdicated from this post after just V months in 1294
Canon Law 333 says there is neither appeal nor recourse against his decree (& it's not God)
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Schlosskirche in Wittenburg, Germany.) Number 25 of Luther's 95 Theses says this man had no more power to relieve souls in purgatory than any bishop
While serving in this post in 799, Leo III was attacked in Rome & took refuge in Charlemagne's court
Fearing its limits on the clergy, this man officially annulled the document after a few months
In 2018, Tiffany I breaks tradition by becoming the first female one of these "Bishops of Rome"
Though unmarried & childless, he lives in the world's largest residential palace
An online casino paid $1,209 for a Dorito in the shape of this man's big pointy hat, or mitre
One-syllable short term that's the equivalent of "Vicar of Christ"
In 1154 Nicholas Breakspear became the first & still the only Englishman to become this (he was Adrian IV)
Awards & Honors:Consecrated emperor December 2, 1804 by the man in this post
Felix III was Rome-in' around when he held this post from 483 to 492
The coronation of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at Bologna in 1530 was the last Imperial crowning by one of these
Take pride in your hermitting choice; St. Celestine left this high-powered job to return to being a hermit & never looked back
Donna Woolfolk Cross' historical novel "____ Joan" (not "Saint")
Vitalian elected to this religious post; serves for 15 years
Rodrigo Borgia became Alexander VI in this post in 1492
This "Rape of the Lock" poet was struck with a childhood illness that never allowed him to grow over 4'6"
In "An Essay on Man", he wrote, "Hope springs eternal in the human breast"
In the Middle Ages, the Ghibellines supported the Holy Roman Emperor; the Guelphs, the man in this post
The Petrine Doctrine says that the men in this job are carrying on the work of its first holder

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