Pope

nuns affiliated with the Church taught reading and writing and ran hospitals for the needy. Pope Gregory I used Benedictine monks as diplomats/missionaries. He sent them to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons. The Byzantine Empire had a very strong military. He used his military and his best commander Belisarius to reconquer Northern Africa circa 533 CE. Most of Belisarius’ success was because of his superior tactics in battle. The Byzantines used the kantos, an overhand thrusting spear, before…

The pope was and is still the head of the Roman Catholic Church. The church viewed the pope as “its visible head and Jesus Christ as its invisible and supreme head.” (World Book Online) Once elected, the pope has the position for life. They can resign, but cannot be kicked out of office. Only current Roman Catholic men are eligible to be elected. Typically, after the 1300’s all popes have been picked out of cardinals. They hold a high position in the church. The cardinals come together and…

of authority (civil and spiritual) leading the church to believe that the sword of civil authority could be withdrawn from those in power. This created a stain on civil and papal authorities which caused many wars throughout this period in history. Pope Boniface VIII bull Unam Sactam is one event that dramatically affected these warring authorities. A great boom of political theory writings captured the numerous thoughts that supported either the…

Professor Steve and Professor Katherine made many good points on Pope Francis in life today. The world is changing and so is society, so the way that the Pope is looked at is altered as well. The two professors make great points on how Pope Francis is modifying the Catholic point of view on the world and promoting unification of religions. I believe that the Pope is one of the best I will ever see in my life. Francis is a Jesuit, which is extremely rare given that Jesuits are bound by oath not…

to witness the second breakthrough which is Pope Francis speaking to US Congress. With previous leaders in the Vatican being very reserved and soft spoken, having someone such as Pope Francis is a massive change of pace for Catholic followers. Popes Francis continues to fight for social issues such as immigration, the poor, or the environment and his fight does not end with America. Tuesday, September 22nd Pope Francis made history by being the first Pope to ever speak in front of US Congress.…

papacy by the Franks. This assault prompted Pope Stephen II to write multiple letters to the king of the Franks, King Pippin III, requesting help against Aistulf and his troops. In these letters, Pope Stephen II claims powers that were previously held by the Roman Emperor. In this paper, I elucidate that these letters show the shifting of the strength from the Byzantine Empire to that of the Pope and to that of the Frankish Kingdom. In his first letter, Pope Stephen addresses King Pippin and…

as that God founded his church on top of Peter, which as a result made Peter the first Pope in history. The Catholics kept the tradition of Popedom till the time of present. Despite the fact that the Roman Catholic Church was fairly corrupted and turned away from the truth of God, Fr. Karol Josef Wojtyla, otherwise known as Pope John Paul II, lived out the Gospel and done good works in the world. He, as the pope, had changed the opinion of so many non-Christians towards Christianity. Thus we can…

VATICAN CITY -- (AP) It's now quite certain that Pope Francis' big summit on family issues won't endorse any changes to church doctrine on the church's teaching about homosexuality or whether civilly remarried Catholics can receive Communion. And yet, it seems, everything has changed. From the crucial role African bishops have played in the debate, to calls to remove "intrinsically disordered" from the church's language on gays, to the freedom bishops now enjoy to speak their minds on…

write poetry and create beautiful things would grow into a man with the same creative aspirations. That boy would one day be known as Pope Gregory I and he had decided early that he would forego the expectations of a politically-driven family that assumed he would become an important public figure. He chose a life of service to the people. The man who would become Pope was as surprised as anyone else when he learned he’d been elected. It’s what happened years into the papacy that would…

my data tests yielded an interesting set of data. First, when analyzing the data, I found no significant correlation between Pope Francis’s approval rating and the percentage in agreement with the church’s “domestic policies”. In fact, there was a very weak negative correlation (R= -.0844). The lack of a correlation confirms part of my hypothesis, because it shows that Pope Francis’s approval ratings have little to do with how the public perceives the church on social issues. I suspect his…