-
century until 1870, the pope was the
sovereign or head of
state of the
Papal States, and
since 1929 of the much
smaller Vatican City state. From a Catholic...
- The
Papal States (/ˈpeɪpəl/ PAY-pəl; Italian:
Stato Pontificio; Latin:
Dicio Pontificia),
officially the
State of the Church, were a
conglomeration of...
- A
papal bull is a type of
public decree,
letters patent, or
charter issued by the pope of the
Catholic Church. It is
named after the
leaden seal (bulla)...
- by
Saint Peter and
Saint Paul. By
virtue of the
doctrines of
Petrine and
papal primacy, it is the
focal point of full
communion for
Catholics around the...
- A
papal name or
pontifical name is the
regnal name
taken by a pope. Both the head of the
Catholic Church,
usually known as the pope, and the pope of the...
- The
papal apartments is the non-official
designation for the
collection of apartments,
which are private, state, and religious, that wrap
around a courtyard...
- The
papal nobility are the
aristocracy of the Holy See,
composed of
persons holding titles bestowed by the Pope. From the
Middle Ages into the nineteenth...
- A
papal legate or
apostolic legate (from the
ancient Roman title legatus) is a
personal representative of the Pope to
foreign nations, to some
other part...
-
Papal infallibility is a
dogma of the
Catholic Church which states that, in
virtue of the
promise of
Jesus to Peter, the Pope when he
speaks ex cathedra...
- The
papal tiara is a
crown that was worn by
popes of the
Catholic Church from as
early as the 8th
century to the mid–20th century. It was last used by...
