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The pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: ΟΞ¬ΟΟΞ±Ο, pΓ‘ppas, 'father'), also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, and has also served as the head of state or sovereign of the Papal States and later the Vatican City State since the eighth century. From a Roman Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, who gave Peter the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the Church would be built. The current pope is Pope Leo XIV, who was elected on 8 May 2025.
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βSint licet assumpti juvenes ad pontificatum,
Petri annos potuit nemo videre tamen.β
Petri annos potuit nemo videre tamen.β
βTo teach contrary to the apostolic faith would automatically deprive the pope of his office. We must all pray and work courageously to spare the Church such an ordeal.β
βIn 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches. After that, they became instruments of Satan. I'm convinced of it.β
βInterviewer: In the case of heresy, just as a heretical Christian ceases to be a member of the Church, does the pope also cease to be pope and head of the ecclesial body, and lose all jurisdiction? Mgr. Bux: Yes, heresy undermines faith and membership in the Church, which are the root and foundation of jurisdiction. This is the thinking of the Church Fathers, especially of Cyprian, who had to deal with Novatian, antipope during the pontificate of Pope Cornelius (cf. β'Lib. 4, ep. 2β'). Every believer, including the pope, separates himself from the unity of the Church through heresy. It is well known that the pope is at the same time a member and part of the Church, because the hierarchy is within and not above the Church, as stated in Lumen Gentium (n. 18).β
βThere is no authority to declare or consider an elected and generally accepted Pope as an invalid Pope. The constant practice of the Church makes it evident that even in the case of an invalid election this invalid election will be de facto healed through the general acceptance of the new elected by the overwhelming majority of the cardinals and bishops.
Even in the case of a heretical pope he will not lose his office automatically and there is no body within the Church to declare him deposed because of heresy. Such actions would come close to a kind of a heresy of conciliarism or episcopalism. The heresy of conciliarism or episcopalism says basically that there is a body within the Church (Ecumenical Council, Synod, College of Cardinals, College of Bishops), which can issue a legally binding judgment over the Pope.
The theory of the automatic loss of the papacy due to heresy remains only an opinion, and even St. Robert Bellarmine noticed this and did not present it as a teaching of the Magisterium itself. The perennial papal Magisterium never taught such an option. In 1917, when the Code of Canon Law (Codex Iuris Canonici) came into force, the Magisterium of the Church eliminated from the new legislation the remark of the Decretum Gratiani in the old Corpus Iuris Canonici, which stated, that a Pope, who deviates from right doctrine, can be deposed.
Never in history the Magisterium of the Church did admit any canonical procedures of deposition of a heretical pope.β
Even in the case of a heretical pope he will not lose his office automatically and there is no body within the Church to declare him deposed because of heresy. Such actions would come close to a kind of a heresy of conciliarism or episcopalism. The heresy of conciliarism or episcopalism says basically that there is a body within the Church (Ecumenical Council, Synod, College of Cardinals, College of Bishops), which can issue a legally binding judgment over the Pope.
The theory of the automatic loss of the papacy due to heresy remains only an opinion, and even St. Robert Bellarmine noticed this and did not present it as a teaching of the Magisterium itself. The perennial papal Magisterium never taught such an option. In 1917, when the Code of Canon Law (Codex Iuris Canonici) came into force, the Magisterium of the Church eliminated from the new legislation the remark of the Decretum Gratiani in the old Corpus Iuris Canonici, which stated, that a Pope, who deviates from right doctrine, can be deposed.
Never in history the Magisterium of the Church did admit any canonical procedures of deposition of a heretical pope.β
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βHis life as a pope was so vile, so foul, so execrable, that I shudder to think of it.β
Pope on Communion of saints 5 quotes
βOutside the true Church are: Infidels, Jews, heretics, apostates, schismatics, and the excommunicated.β
Pope on Evolution 5 quotes
βIt can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulties in explaining the origin of man in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution.β
Pope on Eucharist 5 quotes
βHoly Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven. There are others: innocence, but that is for little children; penance, but we are afraid of it; generous endurance of trials of life, but when they come we weep and ask to be delivered. The surest, easiest, shortest way is the Eucharist.β
Pope on Papal conclave 4 quotes
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βthe human being is by nature a philosopherβ
Pope on Medieval II: Total War 4 quotes
βI have loved justice and hated inequity; and therefore I die in exile.β
Pope on Midnight Mass 4 quotes
βOn this night let us share the joy of the Gospel: God loves us, he so loves us that he gave us his Son to be our brother, to be light in our darkness.β
Pope on Christianity 4 quotes
βThe holy universal Church teaches that God cannot be truly adored except within its fold; she affirms that all those who are separated from her will not be saved.β
Pope on Heart 3 quotes
βWhen we want to say something deeply personal, we often say that we are speaking βfrom the heart".β
Pope on Universalism 3 quotes
βto argue according to rigorous rational criteria is to guarantee that the results attained are universally valid.β
Pope on Abortion 3 quotes
βThe cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.β
Pope on Christ 3 quotes
βOur Christian conviction is that Christ is also the messiah of Israel. Certainly it is in the hands of God how and when the unification of Jews and Christians into the people of God will take place.β
Pope on Second Vatican Council 3 quotes
βThe Catechism so often refers to it that it might well be called the Catechism of the Second Vatican Council. The conciliar texts constitute a sure "compass" for the believers of the third millennium.β
Pope on Celibacy 3 quotes
βAll the ordained ministers of the Latin Church, with the exception of permanent deacons, are normally chosen from among men of faith who live a celibate life and who intend to remain celibate "for the sake of the kingdom of heaven."β
Pope on Just war theory 3 quotes
βWhen war, as in these days in Iraq, threatens the fate of humanity, it is ever more urgent to proclaim, with a strong and decisive voice, that only peace is the road to follow to construct a more just and united society. Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.β
Pope on Vocation 3 quotes
βMan is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God. The loftiness of this supernatural vocation reveals the greatness and the inestimable value of human life even in its temporal phase.β
Pope on Rosary 3 quotes
βThe Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its elements, it has all the depth of the Gospel message in its entirety, of which it can be said to be a compendium. It is an echo of the prayer of Mary, her perennial Magnificat for the work of the redemptive Incarnation which began in her virginal womb. With the Rosary, the Christian people sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love.β
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βVanity not only distances us from God: it makes us look ridiculous.β
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Pope on Mary, mother of Jesus 4 quotes
βPredestined from eternity by that decree of divine providence which determined the incarnation of the Word to be the Mother of God.β
Pope on Maria Goretti 3 quotes
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βThe Patriarch [Kirill] cannot transform himself into Putin's altar boy.β
Pope on Skanderbeg 2 quotes
β[Skanderbeg is] an unshakable dam [who] stopped the fury of the Turkish tide and prevented it from overrunning Christian Europe.β
Pope on Dante Alighieri 2 quotes
βAnd you, beloved children, whose lot it is to promote learning under the magisterium of the Church, continue as you are doing to love and tend the noble poet whom We do not hesitate to call the most eloquent singer of the Christian idea.β
Pope on Francis of Assisi 2 quotes
βI love the mystics; Francis also was in many aspects of his life, but I do not think I have the vocation and then we must understand the deep meaning of that word. The mystic manages to strip himself of action, of facts, objectives and even the pastoral mission and rises until he reaches communion with the Beatitudes. Brief moments but which fill an entire life.β
Pope on Pope John Paul I 2 quotes
βIt seems to us that only yesterday he emerged from this assembly of ours to put on the papal robes β not a light weight. But what warmth of charity, nay, what "an abundant outpouring of love" β which came forth from him in the few days of his ministry and which in his last Sunday address before the Angelus he desired should come upon the world. This is also confirmed by his wise instructions to the faithful who were present at his public audiences on faith, hope and love.β
Pope on Karl Marx 2 quotes
βMarx not only omitted to work out how this new world would be organizedβwhich should, of course, have been unnecessary. His silence on this matter follows logically from his chosen approach. His error lay deeper. He forgot that man always remains man. He forgot man and he forgot man's freedom. He forgot that freedom always remains also freedom for evil. He thought that once the economy had been put right, everything would automatically be put right. His real error is materialism: man, in fact, is not merely the product of economic conditions, and it is not possible to redeem him purely from the outside by creating a favourable economic environment.β
Pope on Blaise Pascal
βMan infinitely surpasses man.β
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About Pope
The pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: ΟΞ¬ΟΟΞ±Ο, pΓ‘ppas, 'father'), also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, and has also served as the head of state or sovereign of the Papal States and later the Vatican City State since the eighth century. From a Roman Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, who gave Peter the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the Church would be built. The current pope is Pope Leo XIV, who was elected on 8 May 2025.