Popes

Church. For the first time in its history, a Pope from the Americas was chosen to lead. It was expected that the newly elected American Pope, who called himself Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, would help restore the Catholic Church’s reputation, reform the clerical bureaucracy, and reinvigorate Catholic participation. In the first few months of his papacy, that is exactly what he did. Pope Francis did away with ornate and rigid traditions of previous popes. He restructured core Vatican institutions

dozens in this effort to define the powers of the lay versus that of the spiritual: Emperor/kings Henry IV and John of England, and the popes who aggressively challenged their exertions of authority, Pope Gregory VII

There were many conflicts between Popes and Kings. I believe that the kings had most power against Popes. One reasoning for this in the articles I read of “Popes vs Kings” there were many reasonings in the article that made it clear the the King had more power. The King would have the power of being able to send armies to attack someone. But the Pope only really had one power which was excommunication. This was strong meaning to the people because you would be not aloud to go to that church. The

“high-performance organization” (Eric M. Eisenberg, P.111), Pope Francis has achieved “Level 5 leadership” or the highest quality of leadership, in which the corresponding essential quality of character is modesty. Pope Francis’s personal humility about one’s accomplishments and a profound commitment to the good of the society makes his leadership appealing and successful. He is humble and is able to have a modest view of one’s own importance. Pope Francis denies himself the luxuries and being accessible

The Pope was the title give to the head of the church, to which he was changed with the religious care taking of the clergy and other believers. For military aid and expansion, early popes looked to medieval kings like Clovis of the Franks, but by the time of Charlemagne’s coronation by Pope Leo III, it became questionable whether the pope or the king was the higher authority. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was decentralized with the development of feudalism, and this allowed the only

church’s fought for and rose to a higher power. Pope Innocent III was responsible for the new church law, called the canons, and church reform that was established during this time. Pope Innocent III’s time as the pope was really the main turning point for the powers that the church had. This is evident in the canons that were established and written by him and a council of the estimated over 1000 church officials of different titles, during his time as pope. The canons are a clear representation of some

Pope John XXIII was a revolutionist and who, despite his short journey as Pope, made significant contributions to the entire Christian denomination. Focusing on what unites rather than divides, he is recognised as a major reformer of the 20th century. Pope John XXIII strived to work in the areas of ecumenical, doctrinal, social and moral aspects and as a result his contributions have shaped Christianity and his ongoing legacy impacts on the lives of Christian adherents on a global scale. A significant

The new series “The Young Pope” has gained rave reviews after it premiered on HBO last week, but it has also been slammed for its un-Christ-like portrayal of the Catholic Church’s leader. In a commentary, Maria Jeffrey of Conservative Review described HBO’s “The Young Pope” s an attack on the Catholic Church which is packaged in such a way that the show’s “blasphemy” appears acceptable. Jeffrey said priests and nuns are not perfect, but they can be depicted in such a way that is not blasphemous to

Based on the video lessons, what were the reasons behind the conflicts between the emperors and the popes during this period: The main reason for strife between the popes and the holy Roman emperors starts with Fredrick Barbarossa realizing that the French and English Kings were beginning to wield a lot of power and that there was way too much decentralization going on in his Empire. Fredrick begins by trying to take the Northern Lombard states in Italy for their wealth. The Lombard states however

Pope Paul and The People I watched an ABC News 20/20 television show titled Pope Paul and The People, moderated by news anchor David Muir. They held a virtual audience inside the Vatican in Italy, broadcasting to US cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, and Texas. Everyday people in the audience included students, parents with their children, the homeless, and nuns. Some of them talked to the pontiff about: problems affecting their lives, how he thought they could find their purpose, the importance of