Pope

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ecclesiastical office head of state religious leader

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and spiritual leader of the worldwide Catholic Church, regarded as the successor of Saint Peter.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bishop of Rome	59
Supreme Pontiff	24
Pope of Rome	12
the Pope	8
Roman Pontiff	6
Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church	3
Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church	2
the pope	2
Patriarch of the West	1
Pope of the Catholic Church	1
pope	1
popes	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical office ⓘ head of state ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
appoints	bishops ⓘ cardinals ⓘ
basedIn	Apostolic Palace ⓘ
canExercise	papal infallibility under specific conditions ⓘ
canResign	yes ⓘ
convenes	ecumenical councils ⓘ
currentHolder	Pope Francis ⓘ
electedBy	College of Cardinals ⓘ
electionHeldIn	papal conclave ⓘ
electionMethod	secret ballot ⓘ
electionRequirement	two-thirds majority of cardinals present ⓘ
hasAuthorityType	supreme judicial authority in Catholic Church ⓘ supreme legislative authority in Catholic Church ⓘ supreme teaching authority in Catholic Church ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church sui iuris churches Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
hasOfficialLanguage	Latin ⓘ
hasOfficialResidence	Domus Sanctae Marthae ⓘ
isHeadOf	Holy See ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ surface form: Vatican City State
isLeaderOf	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: worldwide Catholic Church
isPrincipalPastorOf	universal Church ⓘ
issuesDocumentType	apostolic constitution ⓘ apostolic exhortation ⓘ motu proprio ⓘ papal encyclical ⓘ
officeCreatedInTraditionOf	Saint Peter as first Bishop of Rome ⓘ
oversees	Roman Curia ⓘ
positionIn	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
preachesFrom	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: St Peter’s Basilica
regardedAs	successor of Saint Peter ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
residesIn	Vatican City ⓘ
symbol	Fisherman’s Ring ⓘ Keys of Heaven ⓘ Papal tiara ⓘ
termLength	life ⓘ
titleUsedBy	Pope self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome
traditionalTitle	Pope self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Servant of the Servants of God ⓘ Pope self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Supreme Pontiff Vicar of Christ ⓘ
wears	papal pallium ⓘ papal zucchetto ⓘ white cassock ⓘ

Referenced by (286)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pentarchy → RomeTitle → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop of Rome

Doctrinal Section → advises → Pope ⓘ

Pontifical Academy of Sciences → advises → Pope ⓘ

Pontifical Biblical Commission → advises → Pope ⓘ

Roman Rota → appealTo → Pope ⓘ

Vicar of Christ → appliedToOffice → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop of Rome

Archbishop of Cologne → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Archbishop of Córdoba → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Archbishop of Munich and Freising → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Benedictine Confederation → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend (ex officio) → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Bishop of Nueve de Julio → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Council for the Economy → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Grand Inquisitor → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Pope

Major Penitentiary → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Undersecretary for Religious → appointedBy → Pope ⓘ

Constitutions of the Order of Preachers → approvedBy → Pope ⓘ

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti → assignedBy → Pope ⓘ

Apostolic Camera → associatedWith → Pope ⓘ

Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter → associatedWith → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop of Rome

Inno e Marcia Pontificale → associatedWith → Pope ⓘ

Keys of Heaven → associatedWith → Pope ⓘ

Primate of Italy → associatedWithOffice → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop of Rome

Servant of the Servants of God → associatedWithOffice → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop of Rome

Servant of the Servants of God → associatedWithOffice → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Pontiff

Chair of Saint Peter → associatedWithTitle → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop of Rome

Chair of Saint Peter → associatedWithTitle → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Pontiff

Papacy → associatedWithTitle → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop of Rome

Papacy → associatedWithTitle → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Pontiff

De miseria conditionis humanae → authorOccupation → Pope ⓘ

Bishop of Urgell → canBeRemovedBy → Pope ⓘ

Syriac Catholic Church → communionHead → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop of Rome

Albanian Greek Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope of Rome

Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

Bishop of Nueve de Julio → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

Chaldean Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope of Rome

Coptic Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope of Rome

Dicastery for the Oriental Churches → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop of Rome

Eritrean Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

Georgian Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope of Rome

Hungarian Greek Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope of Rome

Syriac Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope of Rome

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → communionWith → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope of Rome

Urbi et Orbi blessings → conferredBy → Pope ⓘ

this entity surface form: the pope

Grand Inquisitor → confirmedBy → Pope ⓘ