Criterion A: Rationale and Preliminary Research
The biggest living figure in the Catholic Faith is the Pope, who leads us everyday by spreading and giving God’s word. The Pope brings us closer to God in many different spiritual ways. The topic I have chosen to pursue is, how someone can become the Pope. One of the main reasons I have chosen this topic is because I am a very dedicated catholic and have been practicing my religion since I could ever remember. Our current Pope right now is a inspiration to me and it really makes me interested in what it takes to become Pope because when I listen to him speak I can see how confident he is and how much courage he has, and that is what strong leaders are made of. My main motivation
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For my plan of study I will evaluate all of the steps and process one must go through to become a Pope. I plan to mostly look through various parts of the world where priests journey to become Pope that can give me a better understanding of what it is like to become Pope and what challenges one most go through to gain this position. The Pope is one of, if not the most important person in the world and has such a great deal of people that have the ought most respect for him, so when electing a Pope it must be a very important selection to do when making a final decision. I plan to look at what the mindset of The Pope is as well because it must take such discipline to be the Pope and go through all the daily challenges that is a part of it. To be the Pope you must go through a lot challenges and it is mostly luck to become Pope because there is a various amount of priests that are trying to become the Pope. It is a long journey that takes a lot of dedication to become Pope, and some need to face the simple fact of how it may not turn out how they want. More detail will be giving as I explain the long process of becoming the Pope. So, my main goal is to find out how someone becomes Pope of the Catholic …show more content…
There are about 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide that make up almost sixteen percent of the total world Population. (BBC News) That is a tremendous amount of people. The Pope rules over all of those people in the organization known as “ The Catholic Church.” Becoming Pope is no simple task by any means. Even when it seems that someone is very close to becoming the next Pope, the percentage of them actually becoming Pope is very slim. In fact, just the odds of becoming Pope of someone is a cardinal is less then one percent, and you must become a cardinal to be elected Pope. The odds are not in anybody’ favor as they are 1,000 to 1(Kristi Barlette, Times Union, 12 Feb, 2013). Although. There are few steps to becoming Pope; each step is a long, difficult practice. First, a person must be a male and he must eventually become Catholic. The next step is to get an education, for religious studies and other academic subjects as well. Then, the person must become a priest. He must do a good job in his parish and connect with the community. After the person has spent some time and earned a great deal of respect from other people, he will be addressed as “Monsignor”. He will then be put in for a promotion where he will prove if he is worthy to continue to the next step of the process, becoming a Bishop. The Bishop will continue to do exceptional work,
The Pope is the head of the Church: he represents the ultimate religious authority. However, as a Bishop of Rome, the Pope is also in command of certain secular affairs, including some military aspects. Certainly, the Pope is a link between the earthly and the divine realms. Problems arise when the imperfect world the Pope physically lives in interferes with his heavenly objectives. Taking Pope Gregory I as an example, I am going to look at his letters to analyze how he reconciled his political and spiritual goals, whether he valued one category over the other, and how he justified it.
The Catholic Church is the oldest major religion in the Western world. Littered with peace, love, and humility, along with violence, turmoil, and controversy this institution has seen, heard, led, and had influence over the majority of everything and everybody that there was in the last two millennia. This has included ordinary people, Kings, Queens, Generals, Nobleman, Royalty, and everything in between, and has endured since the beginning of the modern era, Anno Domini. They great spiritual and monetary machine created a powerful reign over the entire world’s Catholics, and remains so to this day. For the purpose of background for my visit to a Catholic Church, being Presbyterian, I did historical research before I visited. I
When kings violated the moral order, they were subject to canon law like other members of the Church, and could be excommunicated. The pope punished Philip Augustus in this way for the sin of adultery. Boleslaus of Poland and Henry II of England were disciplined for the murders of St. Stanislaus and St. Thomas A. Becket.
At the time the bill was going through Congress was controlled by Democrats while the White House was Republican (Wiener, 2013). President Bush hoped that a moderate approach would finally allow immigration reform to pass (Weiner, 2013). While the bill was being debated 63% of Americans, almost identical numbers from both parties, favored a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants that passed background checks, had jobs and were willing to pay fines (Heimlich, 2007). With the War in Iraq lowering President Bush’s approval every year he needed a win in the legislative department and with over 50% of voters at the time saying that immigration reform was needed within the year it was clear he needed to back a plan (Heimlich, 2007).
Greetings, pope Leo. I believe I have some pointers for you and the Church. I believe you should follow them so your followers continue to follow you.
For centuries, Popes had ruled Europe more like Kings than religious leaders. Hugely political, they had alliances and enemies, commanding armies and waging war. Whilst the church was a religious group, it had enormous influence in areas of politics and economics, the Pope often allowing a marriage to be broken so that kings and powerful lords could better their political standing. People saw the unnecessary power that the papacy wielded, the power to make or break nations. For over a century, early reformers such as John Wyclif and Jan Hus had expressed doubts about the honesty and
That goal will help these leaders to seize upon opportunities. Pope has a goal in mind when her clients come in and ask her help, and that is she will always win in favor for them. When the odds are not in her favor Pope states “I always have cards left to play.” Her power comes from multiple sources, she has criminals working for her which include: a professional computer hacker, spies, and most importantly the President. Pope seizes upon opportunities by taking upon cases that she knows she will not win.
In recent times, the Curia had grown very confident in their authority over the rest of the Church’s bishops since the decree of papal infallibility made at the 1st Vatican Council. They expected the rest of the church’s leaders to arrive in Rome and essentially “rubber stamp” their decisions. However, despite the Curia’s attempts to keep it hidden there was a great deal of discontent in the church. That was illustrated by the thousands of submittals that were sent to the church for possible inclusion in the council.
We as Catholics need dedicated leaders for many reasons. If we did not have dedicated leaders who would be there through the hard times, the doubts, the unanswered questions?
Ellis Island and Angel Island were the dominant ports of entry for the ‘new’ immigrants on the East and West coast. Both immigration stations had certain similarities in how they operated, such as the conducting of medical examinations on immigrants for health or mental deficiencies, and also in their ability to generate the fear of deportation in newly arriving immigrants. Despite this, Ellis Island and Angel Island were shown to differ significantly in many other aspects within the stations, such as in living conditions, the length of detainment and the amount of families separated during the process. However, the crucial difference between the two stations is race, as Ellis Island was shown to function as a processing centre for European immigrants; whereas Angel Island was a prison for Asian immigrants, the majority of whom were Chinese. This difference in attitudes towards different races of immigrants, impacted all aspects of the stations and ultimately the rate of admittance into the United States during their time of operation.
"Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Honorable members of the Congress, dear friends…” so begins Pope Francis’ speech addressing a joint session of Congress. Formally addressing his audience to begin his speech, and acknowledging the “land of the free and the home of the brave,” he received warm applause from the congress-people. The Pope’s intro then calls those listening to our shared responsibility for the common good, therefore setting up the rest of his speech nicely. From this introduction, the rest of the speech will talk about the responsibilities of those who lead our great nations. Throughout the rest of the speech, one can easily analyze the speaker, with plenty of content. Listening to the Pope speak, one can find portions he
The contribution of Pope John XXIII has been profound, as many of his initiatives and actions are still resonating today. His acceptance of Jesus’ words “I came to save all nations.” Represented his motivation to do well and bring peace upon the world. He was an advocate of Christian unity, social justice, human rights and the promotion of world peace. It is through his development of the Second Vatican Council, his contribution to ecumenism and his empathy for humanity that Pope John XXIII made a significant impact upon the development and expression of Christianity.
Pope St. Gregory VII had his vision on how the Church was supposed to be structured and what needed to change. He firmly planted his beliefs because he could see that the Church did not live up to its standards. He became a leader when the Church needed him the most. He did not conform to the current state of the Church and encountered incessant obstacles with a relentless determination overcome them. As pope, St. Gregory VII valiantly confronted the challenges, social issues, and corruption of the Church to cleanse its noticeable defects.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Pope was the highest level bishop in the West, giving symbolic leadership to Christians. There was a certain theological confidence about Popes, with many believing they never made mistakes regarding theological issues. Eventually, Popes regarded themselves as leaders that were in charge of spiritual and political issues, mainly through the Doctrine of Two Swords. With this idea originally from Pope Gregory I, other Popes furthered their boundaries of leadership outside of spiritual matters. They regarded themselves as Vicars of God, essentially meaning they were God’s “lieutenant” or a representative of God. The use of the word “lieutenant” played well into how Popes viewed themselves, for they were becoming more and more prominent military leaders.
In the present era, there are many issues that pose a threat to our way of life. Overpopulation is one of the most serious threats to mankind.Overpopulation is a serious problem that will eventually have an extremely negative effect on our countries and our planet. Overpopulation is generally defined as an inability of the environment to support the existing population of human or other living things. Overpopulation is an undesirable condition where the number of existing human population exceeds the carrying capacity of earth. If a country or city is overpopulated, it has too many people for the amount of food, materials, and space available there. Overpopulation is caused by number of factors. Reduced mortality rate, better medical facilities,