A report on Cardinal (Catholic Church)
Senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church.
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Pope
23 linksBishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome ), head of the worldwide Catholic Church, and also serves as head of state or sovereign of the Vatican City State since the eighth century.
Bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome ), head of the worldwide Catholic Church, and also serves as head of state or sovereign of the Vatican City State since the eighth century.
Popes also contended with the cardinals, who sometimes attempted to assert the authority of Catholic Ecumenical Councils over the pope's. Conciliarism holds that the supreme authority of the church lies with a General Council, not with the pope.
Catholic Church
24 linksLargest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide.
Largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide.
The position of cardinal is a rank of honour bestowed by popes on certain clerics, such as leaders within the Roman Curia, bishops serving in major cities and distinguished theologians.
Pope Benedict XVI
23 linksRetired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the church and the sovereign of the Vatican city state from 2005 until his resignation in 2013.
Retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the church and the sovereign of the Vatican city state from 2005 until his resignation in 2013.
After a long career as a professor of theology at several German universities, he was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and created a cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1977, an unusual promotion for someone with little pastoral experience.
Papal conclave
15 linksGathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope.
Gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope.
Concerns around political interference led to reforms after the interregnum of 1268–1271 and Pope Gregory X's decree during the Second Council of Lyons in 1274 that the cardinal electors should be locked in seclusion cum clave (Latin for 'with a key') and not permitted to leave until a new pope had been elected.
Pope John Paul II
19 linksThe head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
The head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
Wojtyła was named cardinal priest of the titulus of San Cesareo in Palatio.
College of Cardinals
16 linksThe College of Cardinals, or more formally the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church.
Pope Paul VI
16 linksHead of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in 1978.
Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in 1978.
After the death of the Benedictine Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, in 1954, Montini was appointed to succeed him as Archbishop of Milan, which made him the Secretary of the Italian Bishops Conference.
Pope Francis
19 linksHead of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 2013.
Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 2013.
He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
Bishops in the Catholic Church
10 linksOrdained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Church.
Ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Church.
Bishops are collectively known as the College of Bishops and can hold such additional titles as archbishop, cardinal, patriarch, or pope.
Bishop
13 linksOrdained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
Ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
The Lord Chancellor of England was almost always a bishop up until the dismissal of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey by Henry VIII.