The Pope's Role and the Catholic Church Hierarchy

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Q: What or who is the pope and why is he important to Catholics?

Q: Would you please explain the different titles the church uses for its hierarchy?

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The Pope's Role and the Catholic Church Hierarchy

These two questions were put to me recently, the first being by e- mail and the second by students of religion, about the complex organization of the Catholic Church.

Like many denominational questions, the answers are probably well known to some members of a given church, but less well known by outsiders.

For the sake of convenience, although not of doctrine, we might lump Roman Catholic Church titles in to three groups: thos...

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