THE PAPACY

"The POPE, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, 'is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful.'[LG 23.]

 

Pope Benedict XVI

 'For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered. '[LG 22; cf. CD 2,9.]"

 

Pope John Paul ll

Paul VI

John XXIII

 

PIUS XII

Pope Pius XI

Pope Benedict XV

ST Pope Pius X

Pope Pius IX

Pope Leo XIII

022207 The Chair of Peter

At the heart of Benedict XVI‘s teaching: to present the salvific truth of Jesus Christ to the mindset of our times

"Humanae Vitae," 35 Years Down the Line

032102 The True Idea of a Pope's Infallible Teaching

033102 Sun, moon, Pope, scientist helped set Easter

IN SUPREMO APOSTOLATUS
Pope Gregory XVI
(Apostolic Letter condemning the slave trade

Pope Innocent III: Constitution for the Jews